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How Goldman Sachs gambled on starving the world's poor - and won

By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing. You're wrong. There's more. It turns out the most destructive of all their recent acts has barely been discussed at all. Here's the rest.

Fatah Officials accuse Hamas of torturing, humiliating Fatah detainees.

"Hamas's security forces in the Gaza Strip detained over the weekend dozens of Fatah activists in one of the largest crackdowns in recent months, Fatah officials said.The latest clampdown on Fatah comes after fresh mediation efforts to solve the crisis with Hamas failed.

Afghan Bombers Storm U.S. Aid Office

Six militants armed with suicide bombs stormed the compound of an American contractor working for the United States Agency for International Development in the northern city of Kunduz on Friday, killing at least four people in an assault that left all the attackers dead, accordin …

Two truths About Palestinian Arabs

"The two truths that we see from the new Pal/Lebanese rights movement: 1. No Arab country wants them. 2. Their supposed "nationalism" is a fake construct designed to pressure Israel - and keep them from becoming citizens in Arab countries.

Attack on U.N. vehicle in Kabul leaves one dead

Assailants riddled a United Nations vehicle with bullets at a busy traffic circle in the heart of Kabul on Tuesday, killing an Afghan staffer and raising new safety concerns about humanitarian operations in the country.

Islamic world confidence in Obama is slipping - poll

U.S. favorability ratings in allies Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan hover at about 17 percent, while confidence in Obama in those three countries was 33 percent, 23 percent and 8 percent respectively, surveys by the Pew Global Attitudes project found. U.S.

Provocative Writing On Future Of Food Supply | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Jeremy Harding has written the single most provocative piece I have read on the future of food supply – prompted by the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, and the quick awareness it brought of the connectivity between food production in places like Kenya and food consumption in plac …

Reasons to Suppoprt Hamas in Gaza

A 19-year-old man — whose father won't hire a lawyer to defend him — has been in jail without trial for more than a year because he is gay.

Anti-Iranian regime rally draws thousands to Paris

Iranians and their international supporters called on the world community to support democratic change in Iran by the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance.

Amnesty Internat'l: Iran must bring Neda's killer to justice:

"The killer of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer's Iranian election was flashed around the world on the Internet, must be brought to justice, Amnesty International demanded on Saturday.

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