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mbart - Canada
Balkbacks - 17
America's Royalty: the wealthy
proudlib - USA
Balkbacks - 3
Still Better than "genocide" Olympics, I guess
Pat Morin - Canada
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Attacking Iran
proudlib - USA
Balkbacks - 7
Iran roils the West again
Martin - UK
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The Whole World is Watching: Obama State of the Union
R. Marika Markle - USA
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Haiti Earthquake update
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Google vs. China
Bob Chen - China
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Copenhagen: a unique opportunity or destined to fail?
ronwer224 - Norway
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Canada: Incoming fire...
diamondone1999 - Canada
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Obama’s Vietnam?
Pat Morin - Canada
Balkbacks - 16
Buy Nothing Day Japan
Scilla Alecci - Japan
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Freedom and Concentration of Power
Doc siders - USA
Balkbacks - 19
Tax the World (variations on a old theme...)
Starling - USA
Balkbacks - 7
Why has Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Pat Morin - Canada
Balkbacks - 19
World in Financial Crisis?
Unclewoodsy - Canada
Balkbacks - 9
McDonald's and the Global Brand
Mong Palatino - Philippines
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The Republican Plan for Healthcare
R. Marika Markle - USA
Balkbacks - 5
Health Care. Who is it for?
Gat - UK
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Health By GOP
Carol - USA
Balkbacks - 22
Americans are duped by healthcare profiteers
Pat Morin - Canada
Balkbacks - 58
Are doctors just technicians?
RK Halley - USA
Balkbacks - 7
Cambodia: Miss Landmine Pageant Raises Questions
Chhunny Chhean - USA
Balkbacks - 5
Paychecks in the Global Economy
Simpleman - USA
Balkbacks - 17
Who cares for small creatures?
Poldo - USA
Balkbacks - 11
Brazil: "President Lula is a nerd"
Paula Góes - UK
Balkbacks - 4
Myanmar: 64 Words for Aung San Suu Kyi
Mong Palatino - Philippines
Balkbacks - 20
Global Warming: Science, Economics, or Politics?
sherljim - Canada
Balkbacks - 28
Uganda: Katine Project brings villagers to blogosphere
Rebekah Heacock - USA
Balkbacks - 5
Global Health: Vitamin C and cholesterol
R. Marika Markle - USA
Balkbacks - 24
Obama is flip-flopping on change message
Pat Morin - Canada
Balkbacks - 20
China: The fear implied in a real-name internet
Bob Chen - China
Balkbacks - 13
Global Lead Story / H1N1 virus
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How Does The World See America After Bush?
wyomingjohnnie - USA
Balkbacks - 38
Former CIA head slams Obama
diggersstory - USA
Balkbacks - 11
Cuba, U.S.A.: Extending an Olive Branch?
Janine Mendes-Franco - Trinidad and Tobago
Balkbacks - 14
Piracy on the high seas
smallville_411 - USA
Balkbacks - 16
Country Policies Should Be Designed By People Who Know the Country
DChauls - USA
Balkbacks - 19
India: Gujarat Diamond Workers Suicide in the Face of Crisis
Juliana Rincón Parra - Colombia
Balkbacks - 7
Egypt: Dalia Ziada urges Saudi Arabia to end discrimination against Muslim women
Marwa Rakha - Egypt
Balkbacks - 5
Secret Bush Memos Reveal U.S. Dictatorship
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Egyptian -and Muslim- Girls between a Rock and a Hard Place
Marwa Rakha - Egypt
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Will: Climate Science, sure...
jsbar - USA
Balkbacks - 16
Azerbaijan: News site closed down?
Onnik Krikorian - Republic of Armenia
Balkbacks - 5
Indirapuram bucks the trend
Propertynice - India
Balkbacks - 4
Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down
Roy G - USA
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Hillary: Asia Bound
Roy G - USA
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Bush repeal of America ends
Roy G - USA
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Balkingpoints.com maxim of the Global Economy;
In past generations the leaders of nations waged wars, because of what they saw as competing economic interests.
In future generations the citizens of nations may make peace, because of what they see as common economic interests.