When George Mitchell successfully brokered the Irish Peace Agreement, during one interview, to paraphrase, he said
'Put people to work to plan for the future, give them hope and they stop fighting.'
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Great words:
You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
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American Racism, inflamed by Failed GOP Fiscal Policies and Koch-Funded Tea Baggers, condemns people of color to poor educational opportunities, police brutality, poverty, crime, drugs, drive-by shootings, injustice, imprisonment, and tragically, death.
History repeats itself because of our failures to learn.
The Nazis focused on "ENEMIES" to distract from their FAILED POLICIES.
Empires FAIL! It's time to invest in AMERICANS of all colors and not World Domination, the NeoCon Wet Dream.
It's time to WAGE PEACE!
Obama
Cautiously, Belatedly Cuts to the Chase on Police Violence
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Matt Apuzzo, The New York Times
Excerpt: "President Obama responded with passion and frustration on Tuesday to the violence that has rocked Baltimore and other cities after the deaths of young black men in confrontations with the police, calling for a period of soul-searching about what he said had become a near-weekly cycle of tragedy."
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Matt Apuzzo, The New York Times
Excerpt: "President Obama responded with passion and frustration on Tuesday to the violence that has rocked Baltimore and other cities after the deaths of young black men in confrontations with the police, calling for a period of soul-searching about what he said had become a near-weekly cycle of tragedy."
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Supreme Court
Justices Skeptical of Redefining Marriage
Ariane de Vogue, Pamela Brown and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Excerpt: "Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday during historic arguments over the constitutionality of gay marriage, with Justice Anthony Kennedy returning to a familiar role as the court's pivotal vote."
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Ariane de Vogue, Pamela Brown and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Excerpt: "Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday during historic arguments over the constitutionality of gay marriage, with Justice Anthony Kennedy returning to a familiar role as the court's pivotal vote."
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Curfew Brings
Pepper Balls and Tear Gas, Then Uneasy Quiet to Baltimore
Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera
Dizard writes: "Thousands of police in riot gear and National Guard troops patrolled a few mostly poor and mostly black neighborhoods Tuesday night to enforce a curfew imposed by the mayor after the worst unrest in Baltimore since 1968."
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Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera
Dizard writes: "Thousands of police in riot gear and National Guard troops patrolled a few mostly poor and mostly black neighborhoods Tuesday night to enforce a curfew imposed by the mayor after the worst unrest in Baltimore since 1968."
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Poll Shows
Americans Back Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal
AFP
Excerpt: "A solid majority of American voters back President Barack Obama's interim nuclear deal with Iran, a poll by Quinnipiac University showed Monday."
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AFP
Excerpt: "A solid majority of American voters back President Barack Obama's interim nuclear deal with Iran, a poll by Quinnipiac University showed Monday."
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Weapons
Manufacturers Are Making a Fortune Off Mid-East Chaos
Tim Mak, The Daily Beast
Mak writes: "The Middle East is on a knife's edge, thanks to a lunatic ISIS and a rising Iran. For American arms-makers, that means only one thing: opportunity."
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Tim Mak, The Daily Beast
Mak writes: "The Middle East is on a knife's edge, thanks to a lunatic ISIS and a rising Iran. For American arms-makers, that means only one thing: opportunity."
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UN Aid Worker
Suspended for Leaking Report on Child Abuse by French Troops
Sandra Laville, Guardian UK
Laville writes: "A senior United Nations aid worker has been suspended for disclosing to prosecutors an internal report on the sexual abuse of children by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic."
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Sandra Laville, Guardian UK
Laville writes: "A senior United Nations aid worker has been suspended for disclosing to prosecutors an internal report on the sexual abuse of children by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic."
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US-Mexico
Water Pact Brings Life Back to Colorado River's Parched Delta
Tim Gaynor, Al Jazeera
Gaynor writes: "A single pulse flow of water reconnects the 'American Nile' with the Sea of Cortez for the first time in decades."
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Tim Gaynor, Al Jazeera
Gaynor writes: "A single pulse flow of water reconnects the 'American Nile' with the Sea of Cortez for the first time in decades."
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