After bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace by Gareth Porter, May 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations [...]
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Ivory Coast: Dozens die as Laurent Gbagbo‘s militia fight on Liberian mercenaries in Abidjan still resisting three weeks after Alassane Ouattara deposed beaten president Share6 David Smith in Johannesburg guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 May 2011 16.11 BST Article history Pro-Gbagbo mercenaries are fighting on in Ivory Coast. Photograph: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP/Getty Images Dozens of people have died [...]
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Peace threatened by feuding Ivory Coast warlords (AP)–20 hours ago ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Volleys of gunshots erupted again in Abidjan Monday as a years-old feud between rival warlords came to a head, [...]
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Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to the McJobs Recovery Posted by Andy Kroll at 5:50pm, May 8, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: For those of you who created a wavelet of contributions in response to our offer on Tuesday of a personalized, signed copy of Adam Hochschild’s remarkable new history of World War I, To End All Wars: [...]
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