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Al-Shabaab: ‘Lord of the Flies’ with guns
In the dying days of the Battle of Mogadishu two years ago, on the beachside base used by Ugandan African Union troops in their successful campaign to drive Al-Shabaab from the capital, I came across...
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Driver’s wife: Biker chase put family in ‘grave danger’
Image: USA Today The family of a biker whose legs were broken hires celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred. The wife of the driver of an SUV that was attacked and chased at high-speed by a band of...
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Kenyan soldiers jailed for Westgate looting
Image: BBC News Two Kenyan soldiers have been sacked and jailed for looting during last month’s attack on the Westgate shopping centre, the army chief has said. Julius Karangi told reporters that a...
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“60 Minutes” issues apology about Benghazi report
Image: CBS News “60 Minutes” has learned of new information that undercuts its Oct. 27 account of an ex-security officer who called himself Morgan Jones. His real name is Dylan Davies, and he recounted...
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Transgender women attacked on Atlanta train as onlookers cheer, record video
Image: Raw Story Transgender women attacked on Atlanta train as onlookers cheer, record video (via Raw Story ) Two transgender women say they were attacked last week by several men on an Atlanta...
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North Carolina Republicans Offer Nearly $500 Million to Abolish Tenure–This...
North Carolina’s Republican-dominated State Senate hates teacher tenure. They hate it so much that they are willing to offer nearly $500 million in higher salaries if teachers are willing to abandon...
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Nine days later, bodies still litter bushes from Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest’...
The attackers sped into a Nigerian town with grenade launchers — their gunfire and explosions shattering the early morning calm. Image: AFP As terrified residents scattered into bushes in Baga town...
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President Hollande asked Netanyahu NOT to attend Paris memorial march
Image: AP Photo / Philippe Wojazer Why would Hollande want Netanyahu not to attend? It’s a request that’s easy to demagogue. But it is neither surprising nor unreasonable. The French government is...
View ArticleThe Republican Attack on the American Dream
The GOP speaker of the House says social mobility for the poor is a core American value. His plans to cut Medicaid would almost certainly achieve the opposite. In an age of political polarization, one...
View ArticleJumping to conclusions; something is not adding up in Idlib chemical weapons...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:47 P.M.) – At least 58 people were killed in a horrific gas attack in the Idlib Governorate this morning. However, even before investigations could be conducted and for evidence to...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Syria Attack Trampled Many Laws
With 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, each armed with over 1,000 pounds of explosives, Donald Trump went from scoundrel-in-chief to national hero, virtually overnight. The corporate media, the...
View ArticleGeorgia GOP launches ‘devastating’ attack on Black voter drives
By Brad Reed/Alternet Republicans in the state of Georgia are launching what voting rights advocates are calling a direct attack on the “souls to the polls” voter drives regularly used by Black...
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