"The main union representing U.S. film and television actors said on Wednesday it would mail ballots to members in January seeking authorization for a strike over a new contract. The Screen Actors Guild,...
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"I cannot help being anxious about what's happening to Georgia. My daughter is in Tbilisi with my grandson. Her husband, Sandro Kvitashvili, is the minister of health and social services. I don't know how dangerous his job is each day, whether he is on the streets, possibly...
"The Region: Israel’s grand strategy August 17th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in blogs Edit By BARRY RUBIN I’ll bet you didn’t know that Israel has a strategy. After all, given politicians’ maneuvering, the difference between what is...
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"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...
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The two supposed President's of Zimbabwe met today for the first in a series of negotiations designed to end the bloodshed and economic turmoil that has enveloped the country since the failed March elections. Some people think it's just a cop out, and don't trust Mugabe to...
Even after rounds of peace talks with Tibetan representatives China had warned Dalai Lama and exhorted him to keep away from Olympic games."After latest fence-mending talks on Tibet issue that failed to make...
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Continuing its crackdown on foreign aid agencies Burmese government has expelled aid workers serving the emergency telecom services. "Two teams of foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms in...
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The boy has not been identified " A San Jose home day care center is under state investigation after a 2-year-old toddler accidentally strangled himself. The string of a hooded sweatshirt the boy was wearing apparently got caught between boards of a play structure while he...
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Only hours after the official opposition party called for a general strike to force the announcement of the March 29 presidential election results, the ruling party under president Mugabe ordered all protests...
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In a move many experts are predicting is the beginning of a 'coup by veto' by Mugabe's ruling regime, the government has detained at least 5 election officials. At least 100 farms have been invaded in the last four days and tensions are at an all-time high.Reports of Mugabe...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
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One of the most prominent conservationists in the world, who spent most of the 1980s campaigning for the suspension of elephant culling, is now calling it "a necessary part of population management." South Africa...
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It's raining cats and dogs out there!" Winds of more than 80mph are battering parts of the UK, as what forecasters have called an "exceptional" storm sweeps through the British Isles. Traffic chaos: Read the...
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