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Not buying what Mark Cuban's selling

Owner can't really believe Mavericks are better off without Deron Williams

Updated: August 22, 2012, 1:02 AM ET
By Jean-Jacques Taylor | ESPNDallas.com
For first time, U.S. State Department defines settler violence as terrorism
In annual report on terrorism in other countries, government report defines so-called 'price-tag' attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank as acts of terror.
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US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and the west stays silent
Glenn Greenwald: Attacking rescuers – a tactic long deemed by the US a hallmark of terrorism – is now routinely used by the Obama administration
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Memo to David Carr: Here's Another Use for Magazines
While you could kill a guy with an iPad, you probably wouldn't want to, because you could break an iPad.
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A Scandal Threatens Zakaria’s Image as a Media Star
Fareed Zakaria is among writers who have parlayed their journalism into more lucrative work like writing books and public speaking, but a plagiarism scandal could threaten that image.
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Encountering Peace: Obama, don't let us do it!
We don’t need Obama to come to Jerusalem to convince the people of Israel of his good intentions.
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August 21, 2012


by FRANKLIN LAMB
AUGUST 21, 2012


Few contemporary thinkers have been more revered and reviled than Palestinian-American professor Edward Said. Said was widely misread and misunderstood by friend and foe alike, but a new book illuminates much of what is most important, and also problematic, about Said's work.
Hussein Ibish, August 15, 2012

Anger as Iran bans women from universities

Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women's rights.

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Everyone calm down: Israel is not going to bomb Iran. Well, at least not in 2012.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 20, 2012


On Chinese Beaches, The Face-Kini Is In Fashion

In China, it's the height of beach season for Qingdao's huge Huiquan Beach. But while many visitors want to enjoy the sand and water, they're not so wild about sunbathing. So they often rely on a local tradition: the face-kini.
by  | August 20, 2012

How Iran strengthened Israeli democracy

Netanyahu and Barak deserve a medal for their contribution to strengthening Israeli democracy: for the first time, a broad and noisy public debate is taking place over whether to go to war.

By Aluf Benn Aug.20, 2012 | 1:26 AM 


Schmooze or Lose

Obama doesn’t like cozying up to billionaires. Could it cost him the election?

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AUGUST 27, 2012





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