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Was Mubarak Setting a Trap With Defiant Speech?

It was the rhetorical equivalent of hitting a hornet's nest. After Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addressed his fellow citizens and the world about the future of his government, the mood of hundreds of thousands of protesting citizens turned from one of celebration to outright rage. Across the globe, observers...

What's Behind the Recent Backlash Against Islam?

(Aug. 9) -- What began with the right-wing political campaign against the "Ground Zero Mosque," an Islamic community center that is neither a mosque nor located at ground zero, has now become a national phenomenon. Crowds of protesters, sometimes aligned with the conservative Tea Party movement, are now rallying against...

ADL 'Stunned' By Zakaria's Decision to Return Prize

(Aug. 7) -- The Anti-Defamation League said it is "stunned" that Newsweek columnist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria is returning an award from the group in protest of its stance over the planned mosque near ground zero in New York City. Zakaria returned the award, saying that the ADL's calls for the project to be relocated...

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05/21/12 Iran economic minister: Sanctions not hurting us Source: AllDeaf.com As Iran prepares to meet again with the U.S. and other countries to negotiate its nuclear program, the country's economic minister insisted in an interview Sunday with CNN's Fareed Zakaria that the crippling sanctions imposed on Iran were not having as much of an impact as believed.
05/21/12 The Bilderberg Group's media men Source: Politico My colleague Ken Vogel reports today on the Bilderberg Group , a highly exclusive gathering of "100 and 150 titans of politics, finance, military, industry, academia and media" who gather once a year to discuss world affairs and stoke the coals of conspiracy theorists.
05/21/12 Fareed Zakaria to Germany: You've Got a Freund Source: Bloomberg.com The country has endured months of hostility in the U.S. media for its refusal to budge on its austerity program while Greek newspapers ran images of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a Nazi uniform.
05/21/12 Graduation speeches include some gems for everyone... Source: Reading Eagle - Reading PA Students receive advice during commencement addresses.
05/17/12 How to Close the Deficit (A Little) Source: Swampland - Time My colleague Fareed Zakaria has a really smart column today about Germany's role in the Greek debt crisisâand guess what?