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The Hijacking of a Nation, Part 2: The Auctioning of Former Statesmen & Dime a Dozen Generals

November 30, 2006

By Sibel Edmonds In the second of a two-part exposˆšÃ‰Â¬Â©, whistleblower Sibel Edmonds makes a detailed case for the dangerous pervasiveness of government corruption, lobbying and foreign interests in America today. “The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes.”- Justice Felix Frankfurter It used to be the three branches [...]

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The Hijacking of a Nation, Part 1: The Foreign Agent Factor

November 29, 2006

By Sibel Edmonds In the first of a two-part exposˆšÃ‰Â¬Â©, whistleblower Sibel Edmonds makes a detailed case for the dangerous pervasiveness of government corruption, lobbying and foreign interests in America today. In his farewell address in 1796, George Washington warned that America must be constantly awake against “the insidious wiles of foreign influenceˆšÂ¢Â¬Ã„¦since history and [...]

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Photo of the Week

November 26, 2006

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Macedonian Gothic. Staro Nagoricane, Macedonia

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The Days of the Dissident: Milovan Djilas Remembered

November 24, 2006

By David Binder* In the following piece, the author reflects on the life and legacy of Milovan Djilas, a key founding member of Communist Yugoslavia who was later imprisoned by that same regime because of the excessive freedom of his ideas. Djilas is remembered today for numerous books and occasional writings, and also a great [...]

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Photo of the Week

November 19, 2006

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View from the fortress. Belgrade, Serbia

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A Brief Travelers’ Guide to Sarajevo’s Local Traditions

November 17, 2006

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By Lidija JulariˆšÃ‘‡* Sometimes it seems that in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina, everyone knows everything about everyone. The position of Sarajevo itself in some way implies that this is a city in which social control is very strong. It lies in a long narrow valley surrounded by wonderful little hills that are [...]

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Formative Early Events in Kosovo’s Serbian History, and the UN-Overseen Destruction of that Historical Legacy

November 15, 2006

By Carl Savich When discussing the opposing claims of Serbs and Albanians over Kosovo, its history and its rightful future status, mass media reports often include the obligatory sentence about Kosovo being “Serbia’s historic and culture heartland.’ Usually, the unstated implication for including the phrase is that the Serbs are unfortunate and delusional nostalgics, living [...]

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Photo of the Week

November 12, 2006

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Look away, good Empire. Gracanica, Kosovo

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Greek Islands for Sale! Super-Rich Only Need Apply

November 11, 2006

By Ioannis Michaletos Greece is a country of thousands of islands, islets and rocks scattered around the Aegean archipelagos and the Ionian Sea. What most people don’t know is that plenty of those are privately owned, and that their landlords are eager to develop them with the help of real estate agents or else sell [...]

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Photo of the Week

November 5, 2006

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The unwritten plain. Galicnik, Macedonia

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