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UN vote on Palestine shakes things up
December 6, 2012Last week's vote in the UN's General Assembly, which afforded "nonmember observer state" status to Palestine, and the Israeli government's response, has created controversy.
Read moreHuge Argentina human rights trial begins
November 29, 2012On Wednesday, the trial of no less than 68 former military and civilian officials of the 1976-1983 Argentine military dictatorship began in Buenos Aires.
Read moreMiddle East: the next four years
November 15, 2012Over the next four years the U.S. will face a number of foreign policy issues, most of them regional, some of them global.
Read moreWar in the East
October 29, 2012As Veterans Day in the United States approaches we will likely see a temporary increase in television programming focusing on the wars in which Americans have fought.
Read moreA ragged ragout from Berlin and Swabia
October 29, 2012This bulletin is a mix of items - decent news, and not-big news.
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