04/06/2008 |
Oil and the Saudi Peace Offensive
George Friedman | Stratfor
The Saudis are hosting an interfaith conference June 4. Four hundred Islamic scholars from around the world will be there, with one day devoted to interfaith issues. Saudi King Abdullah will open the conference, over which Saudi Shura Council head Saleh bin Huma will preside. ...
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03/06/2008 |
A Tale of Two Tell-Alls: If You Want to Read a Serious Book About the Intervention in in Iraq, Look to Douglas Feith
Christopher Hitchens | Vanity Fair
When Bush's Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill defected from the Cabinet in 2002 and Ron Suskind told O'Neill's story of being surrounded by fools, Michael Kinsley observed that the president deserved all he got from the book. Anyone dumb enough to hire a fool like O'Neill in the first place ought to have known what to expect. ...
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03/06/2008 |
A Tale of Two Tell-Alls: If You Want to Read a Serious Book About the Intervention in in Iraq, Look to Douglas Feith
Christopher Hitchens | Vanity Fair
When Bush's Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill defected from the Cabinet in 2002 and Ron Suskind told O'Neill's story of being surrounded by fools, Michael Kinsley observed that the president deserved all he got from the book. Anyone dumb enough to hire a fool like O'Neill in the first place ought to have known what to expect. ...
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01/06/2008 |
Tirofijo: de rebelde a terrorista
Gerardo Reyes | Miami Herald
En un atestado billar de un pueblo del norte del Departamento del Valle, los clientes hicieron silencio para escuchar los gritos de un locutor en un radio Telefunken grande y viejo que anunciaba la muerte de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. "Mataron a Gaitán'', sólo atinaba a decir el locutor, "mataron a Gaitán’’. ...
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01/06/2008 |
Tirofijo: de rebelde a terrorista
Gerardo Reyes | Miami Herald
En un atestado billar de un pueblo del norte del Departamento del Valle, los clientes hicieron silencio para escuchar los gritos de un locutor en un radio Telefunken grande y viejo que anunciaba la muerte de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. "Mataron a Gaitán'', sólo atinaba a decir el locutor, "mataron a Gaitán’’. ...
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30/05/2008 |
La vitalidad de la Iniciativa Global para Combatir el Terrorismo Nuclear permite presagiar que la amenaza aumenta
Carlos Echeverría Jesús | Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos
La planificación en París, el 15 de abril de 2008, del Primer Ejercicio del Grupo de Planificación de la Iniciativa Global para Combatir el Terrorismo Nuclear, supone un impulso a una atractiva empresa puesta en marcha por los EEUU y la Federación Rusa y a la que ya se han incorporado más de cincuenta países.[1] ...
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30/05/2008 |
Was Press a War ‘Enabler’? 2 Offer a Nod From Inside
Brian Stelter | NY Times
In his new memoir, “What Happened,” Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, said the national news media neglected their watchdog role in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, calling reporters “complicit enablers” of the Bush administration’s push for war. ...
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30/05/2008 |
La vitalidad de la Iniciativa Global para Combatir el Terrorismo Nuclear permite presagiar que la amenaza aumenta
Carlos Echeverría Jesús | Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos
La planificación en París, el 15 de abril de 2008, del Primer Ejercicio del Grupo de Planificación de la Iniciativa Global para Combatir el Terrorismo Nuclear, supone un impulso a una atractiva empresa puesta en marcha por los EEUU y la Federación Rusa y a la que ya se han incorporado más de cincuenta países.[1] ...
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30/05/2008 |
Was Press a War ‘Enabler’? 2 Offer a Nod From Inside
Brian Stelter | NY Times
In his new memoir, “What Happened,” Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, said the national news media neglected their watchdog role in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, calling reporters “complicit enablers” of the Bush administration’s push for war. ...
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27/05/2008 |
Colombia's true crime
Will Stebbins | Al Jazeera
It has been an article of faith since the days of the Pablo Escobar, one of Colombia's most feared drug lords, that extradition to the US was the worst of all punishments and to be avoided at all costs. ...
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