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Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked
Washington Post - By Ellen Nakashima - Aug. 20 (News Report)
The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S... More »
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Governments' building projects shore up economy
USA Today - By Dennis Cauchon - Aug. 20 (News Report)
Construction spending by federal, state and local governments has reached record levels, lifting the economy and employing some blue-collar workers despite a collapse in home... More »
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Musharraf Resigns, Leaving A Shaky Pakistan in His Wake
Wall Street Journal - By Peter Wonacott, Zahid Hussain - Aug. 19 (News Report)
Mr. Musharraf's resignation, announced in a national television address Monday, marks a victory for the governing coalition of his political opponents that was preparing to... More »
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Alaskan Bribing CEO Enjoys Window of Freedom
ProPublica - By Eric Umansky - Aug. 19 (News Report)
Alaskan politicians are facing a lot of heat these days. The state's senior senator, Ted Stevens (R), has of course been indicted for not disclosing booty he received from an... More »
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NATO Challenges
World Politics Review - Aug. 18 (News Report)
(Video 3:15) The dilemma of the eastern expansion and of overstretch in Afghanistan are two of the challenges... More »
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Russia Never Wanted a War
New York Times - By Mikhail Gorbachev - Aug. 20 (Opinion)
Russia did not want this crisis. The Russian leadership is in a strong enough position domestically; it did not need a little victorious war... More »
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What Did We Expect?
New York Times - By Thomas Friedman - Aug. 20 (Opinion)
If the conflict in Georgia were an Olympic event, the gold medal for brutish stupidity would go to the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin... More »
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Afer Musharraf, a new U.S. role
Christian Science Monitor - Aug. 19 (Editorial)
Bush, and soon either John McCain or Barack Obama, might be tempted to again back figures in Pakistan that promise quick suppression of jihadi extremists that thrive in the... More »
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Doubts over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media -
Salon - By Glenn Greenwald - Aug. 18 (Blog Post)
That's because The Post's role here has been and continues to be what the establishment media's role generally is -- to serve government sources and amplify their claims, not to... More »
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Anatomy of A(nother) Fiasco
Daily Kos - By billmon - Aug. 18 (Blog Post)
And so, with an absolute minimum of democratic process, the United States of America committed its full prestige and power to the defense of the two former Soviet republics, even... More »
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The Long Run - Response to 9/11 Offers Outline of McCain Doctrine
New York Times - By David D. Kirkpatrick - Aug. 17 (News Report)
"Just as Sept. 11 revolutionized our resolve to defeat our enemies, so has it brought into focus the opportunities we now have to secure and expand our freedom," Mr... More »
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As Georgia and Russia Headed for a Clash, the U.S. Missed the Signals
New York Times - By Helene Cooper, C.J. Chivers, Clifford J. Levy - Aug. 18 (News Analysis)
The story of how a 16-year, low-grade conflict over who should rule two small, mountainous regions in the Caucasus erupted into the most serious post-cold-war showdown between the... More »
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Georgia, Russia took a path of belligerence and bluster
Los Angeles Times - By Borzou Daragahi, Peter Spiegel - Aug. 17 (Special Report)
The Russian diplomat said he couldn't make it. He had a flat tire. The Georgian official in charge of bringing breakaway regions back into the fold was incredulous... More »
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What Did Bush Really See in Putin's Eyes?
LinkTV / Mosaic - By Jamal Dajani - Aug. 16 (News Analysis)
Russia's invasion of Georgia makes headlines across the Middle East. What does it mean for Arab states? Are oil prices behind it? And what's the connection with Israel? More »
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War in Georgia; End of an Era, Beginning a New Cold War?
Brookings Institute - By Johannes F. Linn - Aug. 15 (News Analysis)
So what's to be done? Russia must restrain and reverse its military actions in Georgia, if it is to protect its long-term standing in the world community... More »
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At Putin's Mercy
Atlantic Monthly - By Jeffrey Tayler - Aug. 16 (Opinion)
The pitiable David-and-Goliath asymmetry of Georgia's dustup with Russia has obscured both the United States' culpability in bringing about the conflict, and the nature of the... More »
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Ban media cross-ownership
Seattle Times - Aug. 16 (Editorial)
The U.S. House of Representatives has a chance to do what it would not in 2003: take a stand against media consolidation, which is one of the greatest threats to democracy... More »
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A postwar post-mortem
Boston Globe - Aug. 15 (Editorial)
How did President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice fail to see the danger in the combination of Russia's strategy and Saakashvili's bravado? And why were they not able... More »
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The War We Don't Know
The Nation - By Mark Ames - Aug. 14 (Opinion)
While Russia and America see the conflict in abstract terms about spheres of influence and protecting allies, for Ossetians, who still recall the centuries of massacres Georgians... More »
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The Missing Debate
The Nation - By Stephen F. Cohen - Aug. 14 (Opinion)
Because the first steps in this direction were taken in Washington, so must be initiatives to reverse it. Three are essential and urgent: a US diplomacy that treats Russia as a... More »
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Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked
Washington Post - Aug. 20 (News Report)
The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S... More »
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Governments' building projects shore up economy
USA Today - Aug. 20 (News Report)
Construction spending by federal, state and local governments has reached record levels, lifting the economy and employing some blue-collar workers despite a collapse in home... More »
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Musharraf Resigns, Leaving A Shaky Pakistan in His Wake
Wall Street Journal - Aug. 19 (News Report)
Mr. Musharraf's resignation, announced in a national television address Monday, marks a victory for the governing coalition of his political opponents that was preparing to... More »
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Alaskan Bribing CEO Enjoys Window of Freedom
ProPublica - Aug. 19 (News Report)
Alaskan politicians are facing a lot of heat these days. The state's senior senator, Ted Stevens (R), has of course been indicted for not disclosing booty he received from an... More »
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YouTube - Coal River Mountain, WV: Coal River Wind Project
AlterNet - Aug. 19 (Special Report)
One community is attempting to prove that clean energy can beat dirty power -- even in the heart of coal country. More »
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What Did We Expect?
New York Times - Aug. 20 (Opinion)
If the conflict in Georgia were an Olympic event, the gold medal for brutish stupidity would go to the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin... More »
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Russia Never Wanted a War
New York Times - Aug. 20 (Opinion)
Russia did not want this crisis. The Russian leadership is in a strong enough position domestically; it did not need a little victorious war... More »
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Afer Musharraf, a new U.S. role
Christian Science Monitor - Aug. 19 (Editorial)
Bush, and soon either John McCain or Barack Obama, might be tempted to again back figures in Pakistan that promise quick suppression of jihadi extremists that thrive in the... More »
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Doubts over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media -
Salon - Aug. 18 (Blog Post)
That's because The Post's role here has been and continues to be what the establishment media's role generally is -- to serve government sources and amplify their claims, not to... More »
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Anatomy of A(nother) Fiasco
Daily Kos - Aug. 18 (Blog Post)
And so, with an absolute minimum of democratic process, the United States of America committed its full prestige and power to the defense of the two former Soviet republics, even... More »