Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's conservative party has bounced back to power in Italy. He took oath of office on Thursday. "Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi starts his third stint as...
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Until recently, it would have been impossible to use the words 'hero' and 'german officer' in the same sentence, especially in Germany.However, with the passage of time and a better perspective (90 years will do...
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"SAN FRANCISCO - The
CIA warned the Bush White House seven months before the 2003
Iraq invasion that the U.S. could face a thicket of bad consequences, starting with "anarchy and the territorial breakup" of the country, former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new...
Yesterday was the 62nd time Italians celebrated their freedom from brutal fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The national holiday is often greeted with a mixture of festivities and protest of current regimes...
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"Ximena Ortiz’s critique of Eliot Cohen’s appointment to the State Department, and Ruth Wedgwood’s response, go to the heart of the question of intellectual and political accountability in a democratic system. In this debate, I must emphatically endorse Ms. Ortiz’s...