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Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security delivers a lecture to students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in Moscow on Friday, march 30, 2012. Gottemoeller voiced hope that Moscow and Washington would be able to solve their differences over the U.S.- led NATO's missile shield. (AP Photo/ Sergey Ponomarev)

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Israeli forces deploy for protests at borders

Palestinians throw stones at Israeli troops at Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, March 30, 2012. Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators, anticipating possible clashes along Israel's frontiers on "Land Day". The "Land Day" rallies are an annual event marked by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians […]

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Por Associated Press
Israeli riot police men march along the border between Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, and Syria, as security is tightened ahead of Land Day, Friday, March 30, 2012. March 30 is traditionally marked by Israeli Arabs as "Land Day," a time of protests against the confiscation of Arab-owned lands by Israel. In recent years, Palestinians have joined in. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators after deploying in high numbers along Israel's frontiers on an annual protest day. By midday, minor skirmishes had broken out between thousands of protesters and security forces in the Jerusalem area. Palestinians threw rocks and Israeli troops

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Election 2012: The Gas Pump vs Obama

FILE – In this Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, a worker walks past tanks at a Petrochina storage base in Suining, in southwest China's Sichuan province. A big shift is happening in Big Oil: an American giant now ranks second to a Chinese upstart. Exxon Mobil is pumping less oil than PetroChina, a company […]

Lisa Barron
Por Lisa Barron
In this Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, a worker walks past tanks at a Petrochina storage base. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (MintPress) -- In the past month, U.S. fuel prices have jumped about $0.30 per gallon to about $3.90, and the Republican contenders for the White House have seized upon the issue to attack President Obama's energy policies, which have become one of the biggest issues in the 2012 presidential campaign. Even more troubling, while

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Deciphering the ‘Obamacare’ Debate

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., right, accompanied by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, as the court concluded three days of hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (MINNEAPOLIS) – A vivid drama played out in the […]

John Nordin
Por John Nordin
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., right, accompanied by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, as the court concluded three days of hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(MINNEAPOLIS) - A vivid drama played out in the dignified chambers of the Supreme Court this week.  Over three days – an unusual length of time – the court heard lawyers on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare”.   A serious, complex issue The vast length of the law itself has become well known.

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Vets fight against high unemployment, other ills

Photo from Iraq Veterans Against the War (NEW YORK) MintPress — While President Obama awaits the fate of his landmark health care reform at the hands of the Supreme Court, he can find some relief in the latest unemployment news.  According to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the jobless rate in […]

Lisa Barron
Por Lisa Barron
Photo from Iraq Veterans Against the War

(NEW YORK) MintPress — While President Obama awaits the fate of his landmark health care reform at the hands of the Supreme Court, he can find some relief in the latest unemployment news.  According to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the jobless rate in the U.S. could drop to as low as 6 percent by the first half of 2013, a

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Israeli’s Use Facebook To Spread Peace Movement with Iranians

(MintPress)-The anti-war movement is picking up steam in Israel, as demonstrated through recent protests in Tel Aviv and a viral people-to-people peace movement, leaving the world wondering who actually supports Netanyahu’s push for a military strike against Iran? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past few months solidifying support from Israelis as well […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
Por Janessa Schilmoeller

(MintPress)-The anti-war movement is picking up steam in Israel, as demonstrated through recent protests in Tel Aviv and a viral people-to-people peace movement, leaving the world wondering who actually supports Netanyahu’s push for a military strike against Iran? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past few months

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US hopes diplomacy ends year of violence in Syria

This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network Tuesday, March 27, 2012, purports to show a Syrians helping a wounded man in Homs, Syria. Syrian activists said Wednesday a government offensive in northern Syria during which troops overran a major opposition stronghold has left behind scenes of destruction, with corpses in […]

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network Tuesday, March 27, 2012, purports to show a Syrians helping a wounded man in Homs, Syria. Syrian activists said Wednesday a government offensive in northern Syria during which troops overran a major opposition stronghold has left behind scenes of destruction, with corpses in the streets, homes burned to the ground and shops that have been pillaged and looted. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a new Syria, the Obama administration hopes glimmers of diplomatic progress from U.N. mediator Kofi Annan will accelerate the end of President Bashar Assad's year of extreme repression. But as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton returns to the region to search for a strategy with America's Arab and European

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