 | The great American betrayal
The Hindu It is well known that of all military operations, retreat is the most difficult and complicated. A victorious march that takes a wrong turn can end in a stalemate, but a retreat gone wrong will most... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Day) | |
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 Struggling Gulf Air embarks on sweeping restructuring plan
Middle East Online Bahrain's loss-making flag carrier Gulf Air, struggling against competition from other regional carriers, has embarked on a sweeping restructuring plan that has annoyed unions over heavy job cuts. The... (photo: WN / RTayco) |
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 Jordan's national carrier stops flying over Syrian airspace
Daily Press AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's national carrier Royal Jordanian has stopped flying over Syrian airspace for security reasons, the airline's head said on Sunday. Syria is a major air and land... (photo: Creative Commons / Eric Bégin) |
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 Iraq’s first flight to Kuwait since 1990 takes to skies
South China Morning Post After a freeze that lasted more than two decades, Iraq’s state airline on Wednesday launched its first flight to Kuwait since former Iraqi dictator... (photo: Creative Commons / RuthAS) |
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 19 tourists die in hot air balloon crash in Egypt
Chicago Sun-Times Updated: February 26, 2013 8:35AM LUXOR, Egypt — A hot air balloon flying over Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday,... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Zayed) |
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 9/11: The day America had forever changed
The Examiner September 11, 2012 marks the 11th anniversary 9/11, the worst terrorist attack to have ever taken place on U.S. soil, and it's the day that our way of life had forever... (photo: WN / Periasamy) |
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 France Re-conquers Mali
CounterPunch It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago the U.S. press was filled with the crudest sort of France-bashing. This was in response to President Jacques Chirac’s... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) |
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 The West’s War Against African Development Continues
CounterPunch Africa’s classic depiction in the mainstream media, as a giant basketcase full of endless war, famine and helpless children creates an illusion of a continent utterly... (photo: EC / EU) |
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