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Last Friday, Palestinian peace activists created the village of Bab al-Karama on the lands of Beit Iksa village to prevent their confiscation by the Netanyahu government.
The previous Friday, ...
by Robert Naiman
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on Thu Jan 24, 2013 at 07:30 AM PST
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This seems like an important moment. Secretary Clinton, today, put down Senator Ron Johnson's (R-WI). She did it hard, memorably, appropriately, accurately, without emotion and with great poise, ...
by LeftOfYou
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on Wed Jan 23, 2013 at 07:25 PM PST
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Sorry, I can't hang around, but in case folks are interested, the results are coming in and it looks like the right-wing didn't do anywhere near as well as they'd hoped.
From CNN :
Jerusalem (CNN) -
by Ian Reifowitz
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on Tue Jan 22, 2013 at 05:42 PM PST
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With today's elections in Israel and the upcoming confirmation hearings for Obama Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel, U.S.-Israeli relations will be very much in the news. For Republicans continuing ...
by Jon Perr
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on Tue Jan 22, 2013 at 12:44 PM PST
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Robert Dreyfuss writes Obama's Inaugural: A New Foreign Policy?
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by Meteor Blades
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on Mon Jan 21, 2013 at 08:30 PM PST
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In the fall of 2011, the UN reported on torture by Afghan security forces . In response, NATO temporarily suspended prisoner transfers to the worst locations.
2012
In the spring of 2012, the ...
by Garrett
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on Sun Jan 20, 2013 at 03:01 PM PST
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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
OND is a community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or ...
by jlms qkw
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on Sun Jan 20, 2013 at 09:04 PM PST
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Akrotiri
I'm going with these categories.
Punk
Rock
Classical
Folk
Rap
Vocal
Instrumental
Modern (added today)
If anyone wishes to add to it please do so. Not all genres will be available for ...
by Horace Boothroyd III
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on Fri Jan 18, 2013 at 08:55 AM PST
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God Loves Uganda , a documentary film about the Christian Right's influence in spreading homophobia premiers a the Sundance Film Festival this week. The film features, among others, the notorious ...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Thu Jan 17, 2013 at 04:00 PM PST
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Back in 2007-08, those of us engaged in the Obama-Edwards-Clinton debates on this site couldn't shut up about the difference ...
by Adam B
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on Thu Jan 17, 2013 at 09:04 AM PST
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"America is the awesomeist awesome that ever did awesome!" Expect to see something like that in every US presidential candidate's stump speech, over and over, in one form or another. American ...
by Rei
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on Thu Jan 17, 2013 at 06:51 AM PST
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The World Bank, along with the US Government, is pushing a $58 million Partial Risk Guarantee for a highly controversial coal-fired power plant in Kosovo. The Bank has pushed for the project to ...
by Jguay
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on Thu Jan 17, 2013 at 02:39 PM PST
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Two things have happened over at the online group Avaaz this past month. First, they passed the 17 million member mark (now 17.5 million, which gives you an idea of their growth rate.) And secondly, ...
by Eowyn9
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on Tue Jan 15, 2013 at 06:36 AM PST
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The Idle No More movement for indigenous civil rights and protection of the environment continues to gather momentum. The Friday Jan. 11 Global Action Day was a phenomenal success with over 265 ...
by SilentNoMore
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on Wed Jan 16, 2013 at 05:31 PM PST
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Hello Fellow Kossacks. I have dearly missed your erudite words and snarky smackdowns of Republicans. I have decided to somewhat “reveal” myself with this diary in the hopes that I can share ...
by YoungArizonaLiberal
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on Mon Jan 14, 2013 at 03:41 PM PST
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The Israeli government forcibly evicted protesters who had erected tents on private land in the E1 area of the west bank. Despite a court injunction putting such action on hold. The E1 area is the ...
by Paleo
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on Sun Jan 13, 2013 at 06:29 AM PST
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The latest installment of "The Crosby Report" By R.Crosby Lyles reveals the actual "Lick" that was staged on the world by our wars in the Middle East.
by Rich Lyles
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on Sat Jan 12, 2013 at 04:37 PM PST
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We are going on a World tour. A tour of music.
I'm going with these categories.
Punk
Rock
Classical
Folk
Rap
Vocal
Instrumental
If anyone wishes to add to it please do so. Not all genres will be ...
by Horace Boothroyd III
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on Fri Jan 11, 2013 at 08:58 AM PST
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Over the next few days, we will be hearing a lot about anti-gay activist Rev. Scott Lively of Springfield, MA. He has previously been the focus of activist outrage, and his organization Abiding ...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Sun Jan 06, 2013 at 01:31 PM PST
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Note: This is not the most political diary you will see today. If you look at my diary history, I sometimes write about things in a more abstract way. The danger of not passing a full and relevant ...
by Kazmarov
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on Sat Jan 05, 2013 at 05:41 AM PST
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