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Time for US military to leave Afghanistan and its corrupt President Karzai behind

Enough already. Americans are tired of giving assistance and spilling American blood and spending American treasure on countries that don’t matter and people who don’t like us. Saving Afghanistan from the Taliban, preventing a civil war in Afghanistan, having Afghanistan as an American ally might be nice, but they are …

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Greece signs deal with Russia to build gas pipeline, promised hundreds of millions for transit

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Russia and Greece have signed a deal to build an extension of a prospective gas pipeline that would carry Russian gas to Europe through Turkey. Russia has promised Greece hundreds of millions of dollars in transit payments yearly if it agreed to build the pipeline. The …

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South Africa's de Klerk, who ended apartheid along with Mandela, opposes sanctions on Israel

JERUSALEM – The former South African president who helped end apartheid says sanctions against Israel would be “counterproductive.” F.W. de Klerk told Israel Radio Sunday that comparisons between apartheid South Africa and Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians are “odious,” and that he prefers “dialogue and negotiation as a way to …

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