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William
Boardman | Boehner's Treason?
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Lacking any lawful authority to conduct foreign policy, Congressman John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress in direct opposition to the American president."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Lacking any lawful authority to conduct foreign policy, Congressman John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress in direct opposition to the American president."
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Japanese PM
Stands Firm on Foreign Policy After ISIS Hostage Murder
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has vowed his country will continue to play an active and constructive role abroad, undeterred by the execution of a Japanese security contractor by Islamic State extremists."
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Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has vowed his country will continue to play an active and constructive role abroad, undeterred by the execution of a Japanese security contractor by Islamic State extremists."
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Jeremy Scahill
| 'I'm a Senior al Qaeda Official, Ask Me Anything'
Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept
Scahill writes: "Two months before the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, social media operatives working with AQAP hosted their own version of a Reddit-style AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Twitter."
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Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept
Scahill writes: "Two months before the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, social media operatives working with AQAP hosted their own version of a Reddit-style AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Twitter."
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Juan Cole |
How Stable Is Saudi Arabia?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The typical Saudi way of dealing with such threats is to throw money at them, which is why it is significant that petroleum prices have hit five-year lows this month. When the Arab youth revolutions began in 2011, the Saudi Arabian regime reacted quickly to ensure that they did not spread to the kingdom."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The typical Saudi way of dealing with such threats is to throw money at them, which is why it is significant that petroleum prices have hit five-year lows this month. When the Arab youth revolutions began in 2011, the Saudi Arabian regime reacted quickly to ensure that they did not spread to the kingdom."
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Who Can
Control NSA Surveillance?
Mattathias Schwartz, The New Yorker
Schwartz writes: "President Obama spent only a few moments of his State of the Union this week talking about the National Security Agency and civil liberties. A year before, he'd promised to 'end' Section 215, the N.S.A.'s most controversial surveillance program, 'as it currently exists.'"
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Mattathias Schwartz, The New Yorker
Schwartz writes: "President Obama spent only a few moments of his State of the Union this week talking about the National Security Agency and civil liberties. A year before, he'd promised to 'end' Section 215, the N.S.A.'s most controversial surveillance program, 'as it currently exists.'"
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Obama to
Propose Protecting US Arctic Wildlife Refuge From Drilling
Julia Edwards, Reuters
Edwards writes: "U.S. President Barack Obama will propose expanding the protected area of Alaska's Arctic refuge by 12.28 million acres (4.97 million hectares), including the state's Coastal Plain where oil and gas are drilled, the Interior Department said on Sunday."
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Julia Edwards, Reuters
Edwards writes: "U.S. President Barack Obama will propose expanding the protected area of Alaska's Arctic refuge by 12.28 million acres (4.97 million hectares), including the state's Coastal Plain where oil and gas are drilled, the Interior Department said on Sunday."
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Brazil's Worst
Drought in History Prompts Protests and Blackouts
Jonathan Watts, Guardian UK
Watts writes: "The taps have run dry and the lights have gone out across swathes of Brazil this week as the worst drought in history spreads from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro and beyond."
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Jonathan Watts, Guardian UK
Watts writes: "The taps have run dry and the lights have gone out across swathes of Brazil this week as the worst drought in history spreads from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro and beyond."
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