In his speech in Cairo on 4 June, President Barack Obama called for an open dialogue between the United States and the Islamic world based on transparency. He promised to mend relations with Muslim countries, and also called for a new era of democratic and pluralistic Islamic societies.

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Compiled by BONNIE WELLS Amherst Bulletin Similarly, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called them an isolated case. "The idea," writes Christopher Pyle, who teaches consitutional law and civil …

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Muse Flashes Amherst Bulletin Similarly, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called them an isolated case. "The idea," writes Christopher Pyle, who teaches consitutional law and civil …

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The 93,000 U.N. peacekeepers deployed in 15 conflict areas around the world are saving lives and bringing stability to troubled areas, but U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice says they are also overstretched and need greater international support.

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Carlisle Racecourse, near the border between England and Scotland, is not usually regarded as one of the world’s great centres of progressive thought. It is not even one of the great centres of British horse racing.

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On Thursday, in a long-anticipated ruling (PDF), Judge Ellen Segan Huvelle granted the habeas corpus petition of Mohamed Jawad, an Afghan teenager seized after a…

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Judge Orders Release of Tortured Gitmo Prisoner CounterPunch Vandeveld responded by stating that it was “among the most important evidence for his upcoming war crimes trial,” and adding, “To me, the case is not only … US Will Transfer Gitmo Child Soldier to Civilian Court, But Still …The Washington Independent US judge orders release of Guantanamo detaineeAFP all 1,255 news articles »

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New York — The principle of ‘responsibility to protect,’ the international understanding to intervene to stop atrocities from taking place, could pose a threat to national sovereignty, General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto warned today.

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Britain’s troop presence in Iraq formally concluded Friday, ending six years of controversial military involvement in the country that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

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We (the US) are like the British at the end of World War II: desperately trying to shore up an empire that we never needed and can no longer afford, using methods that often resemble those of failed empires of the past — including the Axis powers of World War II and the former Soviet Union, notes Chalmers Johnson .

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