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Column: Achieving an AIDS-free Generation
Imagine an AIDS-free generation. This could happen, but only if we take the necessary steps at this moment.
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United Nations recognizes Palestine as a non-member observer state
Despite a history of conflict, Palestine was recognized as a state after the United Nations General Assembly voted robustly in favor Thursday. Out of the 193 members of the General Assembly, the final vote tally was 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.
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Column: Pink unicorns are real, Mr. Norquist
In 1954, while recovering from back surgery, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy began to write a book. It was a study of eight U.S. senators and their then-unpopular decisions that they thought were right for America. It won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize and helped raise Kennedy’s national profile.
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Editorial: Political differences must be settled before fiscal cliff
As the year comes to an end and the holidays quickly approach, there is a lingering shadow over the cheer and jolly that has reinstated the political banter of election campaigning. The shadow is the upcoming "fiscal cliff” that will follow the ball dropping in Times Square on New Year’s Day.
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Column: Obama drone policy unethical, harming U.S. perception abroad
Unmanned aerial vehicles, most commonly referred to as drones, have been used by the US military to attack suspected enemies consistently since 2004, when President Bush sought to locate and kill Taliban and Al-Qaeda members in Pakistan.
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Column: Israel ready to negotiate peace
The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza arises from a long-stemming clash between the Israeli Defense Forces and the extremist Hamas government that claimed control over the Gaza Strip in 2007 from the more moderate Fatah government.
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Column: Extramarital affairs should not affect the employment status of government officials
General David Petraeus stepped down from his position as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on November 9, 2012 amidst criticism concerning his affair with his personal biographer, Paula Broadwell.
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Editorial: US plays big, silent role in Gaza
Though the rockets and bomb blasts are almost 7,000 miles away, the turmoil in Gaza is not far removed from U.S. interests. In fact, with its economic heft, the U.S., as a seemingly silent superpower, is a larger player in the chaos ensuing now than perhaps either Israel or the Gaza strip.
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Column: States filing secession petitions need to grow up
In response to the re-election of President Barack Obama, some people took to the Internet to vent. Some folks declared they would leave the country. Now, the hip new disappointment tactic is to petition to secede from the union.