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My Connection To The Marriott Hotel Bombings

 by Shehryar Sumar
Posted: October 1, 2008
The Marriott, Islamabad, was the location of the last stop during our annual country-wide lawn exhibitions under the banners of... Full story »
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Today On Channel C: Islamabad Hotel Bombed

 by Mike Small
Posted: September 22, 2008
At least 53 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in Saturday's bombing, making it the worst act of terrorism ever on Pakistani... Full story »
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I Witnessed The Fall Of The Towers

 by Bill Belina
Posted: July 30, 2008
I went to work. I had been really sick in the days leading up to 9/11. Our offices were closing at the end of the month, so it... Full story »
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Movie review: Brick Lane

 by Robert Waldman
Posted: July 6, 2008
Often its hard for newcomers to adapt. One family with Pakistani origins does its best to blend in with British society. Mail order brides are common... Full story »
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Movie Review: You Don't Mess With The Zohan

 by Robert Waldman
Posted: June 12, 2008
Modern politics get put under the gun in this story about an ace Israeli commando having a revelation of sorts. Similar to the... Full story »
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Movie Review: Postal

 by Robert Waldman
Posted: May 28, 2008
Into this mix goes Postal whose currently at the breaking point. Along with his wayward Uncle Dave the duo hatch an elaborate... Full story »
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Movie Review: Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden

 by Robert Waldman
Posted: May 17, 2008
Truth be told, Spurlock is a pretty savvy filmmaker. Blending pop culture and send-up our New Yorker beefs up and heads out to... Full story »
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Byron DeLear: A Time For Dreamers

 by Byron DeLear
Posted: May 7, 2008
I first threw my hat into the ring running for the US House of Representatives for the Green Party in 2006. At the time, there... Full story »
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Harold And Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay

 by Robert Waldman
Posted: April 24, 2008
Not willing to take such false imprisonment lying down the pair “miraculously” escape the shark-infested waters that would... Full story »
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Jumping Through Hoops: The Bol Kong Story

 by Chris Clarke, Ryan Clarke, Nabil Karim, Michael Small, Kylie Stanton
Posted: April 17, 2008
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Black Pearl

 by John Hatch
Posted: April 13, 2008
The USA has gone mad. I don’t believe in Jesus, but I’m starting to believe in the devil. What is it about neo-con, Reptile-Republican Fundamentalist... Full story »
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Suicide Kool-Aid

 by John Hatch
Posted: April 12, 2008
Will America attack Iran? If so, it won’t include a ground invasion this time, but more likely a series of extensive air attacks... Full story »
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Writings From The Battlefield: When Will Be The End Of Muqtada AlSadir And His Army?

 by Dr. Mohammed Last of Iraqis
Posted: March 28, 2008
What I feared few days ago has unfortunately happened. On my way home I paid attention to the streets and I noticed that there... Full story »
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Gaza And The Road Less Traveled

 by Heba Z
Posted: March 6, 2008
I had a nice engaging conversation with a work colleague about Robert Frost’s famous poem The Road Not Taken and about... Full story »
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The End Is Nigh

 by Louisa Fielden
Posted: January 30, 2008
So it has come to this. New translations of the quatrains of Nostradamus fill our bookshelves and catastrophic predictions of the future proliferate. Countless... Full story »
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Remember Iraq?

 by David Mixner
Posted: January 15, 2008
I recently learned that nine American soldiers had died in Iraq over just two days when reading page 12 in the New York Times,... Full story »
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Pakistan Is The Biggest Victim Of Terrorism

 by Hassan Mahbub
Posted: December 30, 2007
Pakistan is the biggest victim of terrorism, the roots of which date back to December 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded neighboring... Full story »
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Immaterial, Material, Immaterial, Material....

 by Zebunnisa Burki
Posted: December 29, 2007
Unless you have been living on a deserted island the past three days, you probably know about the tragic events of 27 December... Full story »
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Bhutto's Legacy Is Pakistan's Crisis

 by Salahuddin Ghaznavi
Posted: December 28, 2007
Benazir was the first female head of state in a Muslim country, elected in 1988 at the age of 35, and again from 1993 to 1996,... Full story »
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A Strong Voice Against Terrorism Silenced

 by Abdulhadi Hairan
Posted: December 27, 2007
I In Pakistan, most of the political and government leaders, including General (retired) Musharraf and his team, called Q League,... Full story »
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Children Of Jihad: A Way Out Of Terror

 by Jared Cohen
Posted: December 4, 2007
I work in counter terrorism, counter radicalization, youth and education. When I was an undergrad at Stanford I studied genocide... Full story »
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Remembering 9/11/01

 by Michelle Kenneth
Posted: September 10, 2007
9/11/01 was like yesterday to me. I was living in Washington, DC and commuting back and forth to work in Tysons Corner. I was... Full story »
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Traveling In The Age Of Terror

 by Aftaab Gulam
Posted: September 10, 2007
I've rarely had any problems getting through customs, security and immigration in all my travels. Some say it is my innocent face... Full story »
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1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back: 9/11, Iraq And Northern New York

 by Seth Burdick
Posted: September 10, 2007
To the North of Sackets lies Watertown, the commercial tie-in to Fort Drum Army Base. Fort Drum houses the 10th Mountain Division,... Full story »
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1985 Air India bombing : Shocking Revelations

 by Shyamal Barua
Posted: May 15, 2007
In a dramatic testimony sometimes from behind curtains, witnesses testified recently that Canadian authorities had been informed... Full story »
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