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Obama's year of vitriol and rebuff at home, deadlock abroad. Not a bad start at all | Jonathan...

Obama's victory speech at Grant Park may seem a distant mirage. But for all the failings, the president can point to real progress On that improbably warm night exactly one year ago, the crowd in Grant Park, Chicago, cheered...

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One year on, and Obama’s to-do list still leaves much to be done

When Barack Obama won the US presidency his staff played Bruce Springsteen’s Rising at ear-splitting volume for the crowds that filled downtown Chicago. A year on he hears Hail to the Chief wherever he goes, and constant...

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Jeffrey A Engel: Evil Personified

Equating war with individual evil has become ubiquitous – if not universal – in contemporary international politics. But, while such rhetoric makes wars easier to justify, easier to wage, and easier to support, it also makes...

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Editorial: Cut off the gas

Here's a quiz: What was Iran's answer to the U.S.-led proposal to ship much of its nuclear material out of the country? Or at least as right as anyone could possibly tell, given Iran's muddled, contradictory and ever-evolving...

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Iran reformists warned on anniversary

Shouts of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," a sign of continuing protest in Iran, could be heard Tuesday night in north and west Tehran, along with shouts of "death to dictator." The shouts were heard and reports came a day...

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Merkel wants close U.S.-EU ties

By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Europe Correspondent BERLIN, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday told the U.S. Congress that Europe and the United States should move closer together to better tackle global threats...

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'Gaza rockets can now hit Tel Aviv'

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Israel's military intelligence chief has warned that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have successfully tested an Iranian rocket that can reach Tel Aviv, the Jewish state's largest urban...

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US back in usual role of propping up a dictator

America is performing its familiar role of propping up a dictator. Could there be a more accurate description of the Obama-Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan?

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Companies race to offer instant Web search, including Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO — There's a new race in the Internet search business and, like most races, it's about speed. Start-ups including LeapFish, Factery and Aardvark hope to lap the field by supplementing conventional search results,...

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The President Snubs Iran's Democrats

Nuclear negotiations aren't worth this price. By AKBAR ATRI AND MARIAM MEMARSADEGHI Today marks the 30th anniversary of the taking of American hostages by radical Islamists during Iran's 1979 Revolution. Every year, the...

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