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Gold Country

I have been accepted by the Gold Country Artists Gallery  as a full member. The GCAG is a collaborative of approximately 50 artists in the

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Obama’s closest aide is Shirazi

   Meet Valerie Jarret: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rLevtD7HBF4 and read this:   Excerpt: Jarrett is a member of African-American and Chicago royalty. But her story and her life

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Israel frees jailed Palestinians

Israel has released 198 Palestinian prisoners in what it calls a goodwill gesture to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. They include two convicted killers of

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Rosa Maria

This emotional piece of Flamenco singing is gaining much deserved attentin in Iran. Here is another rendition by the same singer as was published by our

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Playboy in heaven

I was catching a flight from Washington’s Dulles airport back to San Francisco. I usually sleep on the plane but sometimes I buy the New

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Living Windows

Through the years, a brick wall, a window with a pot of geranium, a window with a bamboo blind, or a window surrounded by green

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Bahman’s execution temporarily delayed

   اعدام بهمن سلیمیان به تعویق افتاد Iran’s ISCA News reported that the scheduled execution of Bahman Soleimanian was temporarily delayed. Head of Isfahan Judiciary, Judge

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The Body in Pain

For good reason: if social scientists agree on anything, it is that torture can never be defended on the grounds of military necessity. The object

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The Mindlessness is Total

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and

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Can They Come Too?

From “Kissing all the frogs” series. I live in a dangerously thin, long, and deep stretch of space, which is my identity. I live in

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My Eastern Promise

As the summer draws to a close, I look back and reflect at how zanily hectic the last few months have been. Probably one of

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