International War Crimes Tribunals Suffering Staff Shortage
Late last week the heads of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)...
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Obama Seeks to Subsidize Foreign Investments
At an APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit last weekend in Hawaii, President Barack Obama told CNSNews that the United States needs to step up...
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Obama’s Reelection Chances Tied to the Economy
Writing in Business Week, Hans Nichols announced that with the improvement in the economy President Obama’s chances for reelection in 2012 are improving...
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Gingrich’s Consulting Problem With Freddie Mac
Newt Gingrich's lucrative $300,000 consulting contract with mortgage giant Freddie Mac in 2006 — during the height of the housing bubble it was fueling —...
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OWS Rap Sheet Grows Longer
The hits just keep on coming from Occupy Wall Street. Since The New American last reported on the 204 crimes the nationwide OWS...
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Atheist Seeks to Become Military Chaplain
During the defense of Bataan in 1942, an American chaplain, Fr. William T. Cummings, is reported to have declared, “There are no atheists...
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Poll: Paul Virtually Tied for First in Four-way Iowa Race
Despite being all but ignored or even outright maligned by much of the “establishment” media as recently as this past weekend’s CBS Republican...
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Gingrich: The Latest GOP Frontrunner
A recent CNN/Opinion Research Poll has placed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich near the top of the polls, just behind frontrunner Mitt Romney,...
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$433M Contract Goes to Firm Controlled by Billionaire Democrat Donor
Scientists are questioning a $433-million government contract for an experimental smallpox drug (ST-246) awarded to Siga Technologies by the Obama administration. Siga, a...
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Ron Paul Ignored in Saturday’s Debate; CBS Policy Questioned
The mainstream media is maintaining its reputation for deliberately providing minimal coverage to Texas Congressman Ron Paul during the GOP presidential debates. On...
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Fed. Judge Backs Calif. School’s Ban on U.S.-Flag T-Shirts
When a group of students at a California high school elected to wear patriotic American-flag T-shirts to school on Cinco de Mayo (May...
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Ron Paul’s Real Electability: Stopping The Third Party Threat
"For Ron Paul to run as an independent," Fox News Channel's Juan Williams wrote back on November 4, "could be the biggest, most...
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D.C. Court of Appeals Overturns Release of Gitmo Prisoner
In an opinion streaked with black marks of redaction, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned the...
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GOP Debate: Ron Paul Dissents from War on Iran and Syria, Assassination, Torture
Except for dissent from Representative Ron Paul of Texas and (to a lesser extent) former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, the Republican presidential candidates...
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Ohio Could End Forced Union Membership
After voters rejected a measure on November 8 to rein in public-servant unions in Ohio, activists who led the successful campaign to nullify...
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