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U.S. Soldier Who Killed Herself–After Refusing to Take Part in Torture

With each new revelation on U.S. torture in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gitmo (and who, knows, probably elsewhere), I am reminded of the chilling story of Alyssa Peterson, who I have

US Must Prosecute Bush Torture Memo Lawyers: UN Torture Envoy

The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, the

Mashaal to address British parliament

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is set to address a meeting of MPs and peers in the British Parliament via a video link from Damascus on Wednesday.

Istanbul peace platform calls for protecting the Aqsa Mosque

Hundreds of writers, historians, and intellectuals attended the inaugural session of the Istanbul Peace Platform, which is organized in cooperation with civil society institutions with the aim of “protecting Al-Aqsa

How To Engage Syria: Policy Options For The New Administration

The American Foreign Policy Council invites you to attend a briefing on How To Engage Syria: Policy Options For The New Administration

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Whaddya got? You got the Israel 2009 pep rally, more formally known as the "AIPAC Policy Conference: The pro-Israel community’s preeminent annual gathering, with world leaders and activists, Policy Conference

Yes, It Is Bread We Fight For, But We Fight for Facebook Too

In the wake of Egypt’s fizzled "Facebook Youth" strike -- it had been scheduled for April 6, the first anniversary of an uprising in the textile town of Mahalla al-Kobra

The Moral Failure of Promoting Democracy

Marc Lynch, aka Abu Aardvark, has posed a depressing, if necessary question. If internet activism rarely topples an authoritarian regime (see, for example, the failure of Burma’s Saffron Revolution or

Revolutionary Guards’ soft power: from “cyber repression” to “humanitarian action”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has been celebrating its soft power over the past two months by dismantling several sites it accused of being anti-religion, pornographic, and conducting anti-national security activities.

Morsy: We Reject Lieberman’s Zionist Statements Against Hamas

A Muslim Brotherhood leader declared his rejection to the statements of Zionist foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, in which he called for chocking Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas