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1 Mar. 2018

Colombia’s FARC leader Timochenko hospitalized with chest pains

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, was hospitalized on Thursday with chest pains and is under observation, the group said in a statement. Timochenko, who in late 2016

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6 Jun. 2024

Bringing Iran 'To Its Senses'

As Imperial Japan pursued a strategy of aggression and murderous destruction in China, the United States in 1940 sought to confront Tokyo with a strategy of economic restrictions, trading embargoes, and the threat of frozen financial assets. President

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7 Oct. 2019

FACT CHECK: Did George Bernard Shaw Say A Quote Comparing Apples To Ideas?

‘Each of us will have two ideas’

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13 Jun. 2024

Iran's Attempts to Attack Israel Must Be Confronted

Netanyahu’s resolve in the face of so many challenges, from splits in his own war cabinet over the conduct of the war in Gaza to incessant pressure from Washington to agree to a ceasefire, has prompted comparisons with British wartime leader Sir Winston

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30 May. 2017

Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump

When people you know well, admire, and who share your values do something you strongly oppose, you have two options: 1) Cease admiring them or 2) try to understand them and change their minds. In the case of my conservative friends who still snipe (or worse) at President Trump, I have rejected option one. The

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10 Oct. 2019

Turkey Launches Ground And Air Assault Against Kurdish Fighters, Killing At Least Seven

‘The United States does not endorse this attack’

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2 Mar. 2018

Slovaks to rally across country in honor of slain journalist

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovaks are planning a national rally to honor an investigative journalist shot dead last week along with his partner.The organizers said that 25 marches are planned Friday in Slovakia, including in the capital, Brati

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28 Feb. 2017

A Nation of Immigrants — Only If They Assimilate

I am writing this column in Japan, a country whose crime rate is the lowest among countries with large populations. I asked my Japanese translator, a middle-aged woman, what she thought. “Why is there is so little crime in Japan?” I asked. Without taking a moment to reflect, she responded, “Because we don’t allow immigration...

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18 Apr. 2017

Two Weeks of Great Clarity

If you prize clarity, then these past weeks were some of the best in memory. 1. When America leads, the world is better. For the first time in eight years, the allies of America and the world’s decent people celebrated America’s return to leadership. Just about all of them understand that if the United States

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14 Feb. 2017

Note to the Left: Four Years Ago, Conservatives Were Just as Depressed

Here’s a news flash for Democrats and other Americans on the left: Four years ago, when Barack Obama was re-elected president, conservatives were just as depressed as you are now that Hillary Clinton lost and Donald Trump won. I describe this as news because this undoubtedly surprises many of you. You probably never gave a

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7 Mar. 2017

Why Do American Jews Want Thousands of Jew Haters in America?

Last week, the Jerusalem Post and other news agencies reported that in a Paris suburb, two Jewish brothers wearing kippot (Jewish skullcaps) were attacked while driving their car by Middle Easterners driving another car. According to a case report: “While the vehicle was in motion, the driver and a passenger shouted anti-Semitic slogans at th...

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9 Oct. 2019

Trump Says He’ll ‘Wipe Out’ Turkish Economy If Turkey Takes Out Kurdish Population

‘I will wipe out his economy if that happens’

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