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Pakistan

December 21 - The Divide Between the NYPD and Minorities and the Mayor; Pakistan Cracks Down on Terrorism While Releasing Terrorists from Prison; The Back Channel Between Washington and Havana

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December 16 - The Pakistan Taliban Retaliate by Slaughtering Children; The Ruble in Freefall as Obama Is Poised to Sign off on Increased Sanctions; The Continuing Hype about the so-Called Islamic State That Has Nothing to Do with Islam

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September 1 - The Failure of the West to Understand Putin; Pakistan's Army Orchestrates the Latest Political Crisis; The Islamic State's Use of the Media

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July 8 - Another War in Gaza Looms; A Parallel Government in Afghanistan?; The Tech Giants are Not Fighting to Preserve an Open Internet

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June 9 - Obama's Move to Ease Student Debt; The Pakistani Taliban's New Front in Karachi; The Wal-Mart Driver who Crashed after No Sleep for 24 Hours

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April 15 - A Nightmare Scenario in Ukraine; The Wrong Enemy in Afghanistan; Who Gets What From Your Tax Dollars?

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April 10 - Will the Public Mobilize to Stop the Time Warner / Comcast Megamerger?; Is Blocking Iran's Envoy to the U.N. Meant to Humilate Obama and Rouhani?; Exposing the Real Enemy to the U.S. in Afghanistan

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February 26 - Obama Threatens Karzai; The Latest Plan to Suppress Democratic Votes in Ohio; The Pentagon's Smoke and Mirrors Budget

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February 6 - Putin's 51 Billion Dollar Bash; Are Pakistan's Talks with the Taliban a Prelude to War?; The Soprano State's Chris Christie

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December 9 - The Open Letter From Tech Giants to Rein in the NSA; The Latest Leak From Inside The Secret TPP Negotiations; Talks to Unblock Supply Routes Out of Afghanistan

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