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U.S. use of sanctions could spur dollar’s decline

August 28, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

Indonesia elects working-class metalhead president

August 15, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Joko Widodo has become the president of Indonesia after winning 53.13 percent of the vote in the country's 2014 presidential election. He will take office Oct. 20.

Argentina takes U.S. to World Court

August 14, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Argentina has taken the United States to the International Court of Justice in the Hague over a U.S. federal judge's actions in a dispute about bond payments.

German sour pickles: Gauck, militarism, and Gaza

August 13, 2014 By Victor Grossman

When politicians vacation and little action is expected, the words German journalists use for this is "Saure-Gurken-Zeit" or "sour pickle time."

Wrong way on Iraq

August 11, 2014 By PW Editorial

President Obama, while saying U.S. airstrikes would be limited in scope, also called it "a long-term project" - that is alarming, opening the door for further disasters.