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    Dec 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
    2. Dec 5, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Egypt and Islam

    Initial results from Egypt's first elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak are in, and it appears Islamist parties have captured the lion's share of the vote. The rise of politicians eager to curtail basic human rights, particularly for women, in the name of religion is cause for real concern, but this early round of voting does not necessarily mean the country is headed for an Iran-like theocracy. The U.S. and its allies must resist the impulse to do anything that might push the country in that direction.
    Initial results from Egypt's first elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak are in, and it appears Islamist parties have captured the lion's share of the vote. The rise of politicians eager to curtail basic human rights, particularly for women,...

    Tags: Islam, Politics, Feminism, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections

    3. Dec 1, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    4. Dec 10, 2011 |Story| Hartford Courant

  4. Civil War's 'Stone Fleet' Sailed From New London To Dubious End In South Carolina

    In November 1861, New London residents watched with curiosity as teams of oxen hauled wagons loaded with fieldstones through their streets.
    The Hartford Courant
    In November 1861, New London residents watched with curiosity as teams of oxen hauled wagons loaded with fieldstones through their streets. The stones had been collected from the foundations of farms and old pasture walls in Waterford and surrounding...

    Tags: Mystic, Prosecution, Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering, Wars and Interventions

    5. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist

    Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was 62.
    Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...

    Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Politics, Thomas Paine, Bill Clinton, Ceremonies

    6. Dec 31, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Thomas T. Johnson dies at 88; judge ruled that Holocaust was a fact

    Retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas T. Johnson, who in 1981 ruled that the Holocaust was "a fact and not reasonably subject to dispute," died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at his Pacific Palisades home, said his son, Will. He was 88.
    Retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas T. Johnson, who in 1981 ruled that the Holocaust was "a fact and not reasonably subject to dispute," died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at his Pacific Palisades home, said his son, Will. He...

    Tags: Laws, College Sports, Litigation, Massacres, U.S. Department of Justice

    7. Dec 18, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Vaclav Havel dies at 75; Czech leader of '89 'Velvet Revolution'

    Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.
    Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75. Havel, a former chain smoker with chronic respiratory problems, had been...

    Tags: Human Body, Politics, Quitting Smoking, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    8. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Newt Gingrich under fire in final GOP debate before Iowa vote

    In the final debate before voting starts in the 2012 presidential contest, front-running Newt Gingrich battled renewed criticism Thursday night from rivals over his activities outside of government, including taking $1.6 million from mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
    In the final debate before voting starts in the 2012 presidential contest, front-running Newt Gingrich battled renewed criticism Thursday night from rivals over his activities outside of government, including taking $1.6 million from mortgage giant...

    Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Freddie Mac, Mitt Romney, Politics, Religious Conflicts

    9. Jan 5, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  9. At Least 60 Killed in Iraq Bombings

    Baghdad -- Attackers killed at least 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in strikes that targeted Shiites and renewed fears of sectarian violence, authorities said.
    CNN/KTLA News
    Baghdad -- Attackers killed at least 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in strikes that targeted Shiites and renewed fears of sectarian violence, authorities said. The deadliest attack was a suicide bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims just west of the...

    Tags: Emergency Incidents, Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, Iraq, Saddam Hussein

    10. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Daily American

  10. U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare

    The Associated Press
    BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of shock and awe, U.S. officials quietly ended the bloody and bitterly divisive conflict here Thursday, but the debate over whether it was worth the...

    Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Nouri Maliki

    11. Dec 16, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. The Chicago Tribune's favorite books of 2011

    As 2011 comes to a close, we take a minute to reflect on the year's best in the world of publishing. Here is the list of our favorites, all published this year: FICTION "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain This gorgeous novel portrays the whirlwind...

    Tags: Joan Didion, Politics, Malcolm X, College Baseball, Barack Obama

    12. Dec 14, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Searching for a lost son in spellbinding 'Progress'; worthy 'Opus'

    <strong>"The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips Doesn't Ring True" ****</strong>
    "The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips Doesn't Ring True" **** In an essay in the Dec. 4 edition of the New York Times Magazine, Kenan Trebincevic, a Bosnian muslim who fled to the United States during the 1990s wars, recounts his recent visit to his...

    Tags: Cancer, Hollinger Incorporated, Religious Conflicts, Weaponry, Rodney Dangerfield

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