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Demographics, Globalization And The Conservative Base

Archives for août 2012

The Rise Of Europe’s Far-Right: A Trivialization Of Anti-Immigrant Discourse

Police detain a group of migrants in central Athens, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. Greek police say officers have begun an operation to arrest and deport illegal migrants from the center of the capital and along the country’s northeastern border. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (BRUSSELS) — Two weeks ago, a 19-year-old Iraqi man died of stab wounds […]

Magda Fahsi
Par Magda Fahsi
Police detain a group of migrants in central Athens, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

(BRUSSELS) -- Two weeks ago, a 19-year-old Iraqi man died of stab wounds after being attacked by five men in Athens, Greece. Apparently the gang had attempted to attack a Moroccan and a Romanian but both managed to flee before the five men unleashed their brutality upon the Iraqi. Such attacks, that seem to be gaining ground in Greece, run parallel

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Washington Opposes Peace, Continues Action Against Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi delivers a speech to an expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) America’s history is blood-drenched. Permanent war is policy. Peace and stability are verboten. One nation after another is targeted. Aggressive wars follow. Rule of law principles and […]

Stephen Lendman
Par Stephen Lendman
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi delivers a speech to an expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

America's history is blood-drenched. Permanent war is policy. Peace and stability are verboten. One nation after another is targeted. Aggressive wars follow. Rule of law principles and democratic values are discarded. Wealth, power and unchallengeable dominance alone matter. Scoundrel supporters glorify what they should condemn. More on them

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Poll: Raise Taxes To Save Social Security

In this photo made Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, Maxine Bennett, 91, smiles at a counter at her jewelry store in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to. Both options are preferable […]

Associated Press
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In this photo made Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, Maxine Bennett, 91, smiles at a counter at her jewelry store in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to. Both options are preferable to cutting monthly benefits, even for people who are years away from applying for them. Those are the findings of a new Associated Press-GfK poll on public

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Army Study Finds Troops Suffer Concussions In Training

West Point cadets man a checkpoint during a training scenario. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR This story was co-produced with NPR and is slated to air on All Things Considered. (Check local listings.) It was also co-published with Stars and Stripes. A new military study has found that almost 6 percent of soldiers who took […]

Joaquin Sapien
Par Joaquin Sapien
West Point cadets man a checkpoint during a training scenario. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR This story was co-produced with NPR and is slated to air on All Things Considered. (Check local listings.) It was also co-published with Stars and Stripes. A new military study has found that almost 6 percent of soldiers who took hand-to-hand combat courses at a Texas Army base were

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Muslims seek group prayer in Ind. Prison

Worshipers attend midday prayers at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) An American-born Taliban fighter imprisoned in Indiana will try to convince a federal judge in a trial starting Monday that his religious freedom trumps security concerns, in a closely watched trial that will examine […]

Associated Press
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Worshipers attend midday prayers at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

An American-born Taliban fighter imprisoned in Indiana will try to convince a federal judge in a trial starting Monday that his religious freedom trumps security concerns, in a closely watched trial that will examine prisoners' rights in the age of terrorism. John Walker Lindh was charged with supporting terrorists after he was captured by U.S.

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Death Takes A Policy: How A Lawyer Exploited The Fine Print And Found Himself Facing Federal Charges

A stack of papers in files sits on a table. (Photo by moppet65535 via Flikr) Joseph Caramadre has spent a lifetime scouring the fine print. He’s hardwired to seek the angle, an overlooked clause in a contract that allows him to transform a company’s carelessness into a personal windfall. He calls these insights his « creations, » […]

Jake Bernstein
Par Jake Bernstein
A stack of papers in files sits on a table. (Photo by moppet65535 via Flikr)

Joseph Caramadre has spent a lifetime scouring the fine print. He's hardwired to seek the angle, an overlooked clause in a contract that allows him to transform a company's carelessness into a personal windfall. He calls these insights his "creations," and he numbers them. There have been about 19 in his lifetime, he says. For example, there was

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