Is attacking Iran a necessity - or an illusion? - Victoria Times Colonist

Is attacking Iran a necessity - or an illusion?
Victoria Times Colonist
Let us revisit the Iranian tinderbox through the eyes of Canada, the United States and Israel. First, our prime minister. He worries that "for the first time in history we are facing a regime that has, compared to virtually all other holders of nuclear ...

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China: One fire may be out, but tensions over rural land rights are still ... - Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor
China: One fire may be out, but tensions over rural land rights are still ...
Christian Science Monitor
The same tinderbox that allowed the Chinese village of Wukan to erupt (the confiscation of farmer's land without fair compensation) is present in thousands of villages across China. The scale of the problem is a matter of both domestic and global ...
Rural uprising in China over land rights Alaska Dispatch

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Back in Egypt's Tinderbox - CounterPunch

Back in Egypt's Tinderbox
CounterPunch
MEET THE REAL OBAMA — How the salesman of “change we can believe in” got his start fronting for big banks and slumlords. Tongue in the clouds, feet in the muck. PLUS the truth about the liberals' favorite economist – Rob Urie on Paul Krugman PLUS Does ...

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Egypt's Tinderbox Economy - and Looming Economic Crisis - Huffington Post (blog)

Egypt's Tinderbox Economy - and Looming Economic Crisis
Huffington Post (blog)
Simply, it is -- and has been -- a tinderbox that invites social unrest. Its government is repressive and kleptocratic. Its society is increasingly bifurcated, where a business oligarchy more interested in government largesse than competition reaps the ...

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Lack of communication with Iran could ignite tinderbox - The Columbian

Lack of communication with Iran could ignite tinderbox
The Columbian
By By Trudy Rubin Earlier this month, the Obama administration warned Iran that it would cross a “red line” if it closed the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow opening at the mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world's daily oil trade ...

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Big Island fire causes evacuations, road closures - KHON2

Big Island fire causes evacuations, road closures
KHON2
"We had a meeting actually on Friday that the grass was so dry and like a tinderbox that it was so much at a risk," said Robbins. The fire broke out just after two in the afternoon. "Lots of smoke, lots of smoke. It affected a lot of us drivers because ...

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Through the looking glass on Iran - Ottawa Citizen


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Through the looking glass on Iran
Ottawa Citizen
Let us revisit the Iranian tinderbox through the eyes of Canada, the United States and Israel. First, our prime minister. He worries that "for the first time in history we are facing a regime that has, compared to virtually all other holders of nuclear ...
Israel misguided on Iran [The conversation] Los Angeles Times
New US sanctions target Iran bank STLtoday.com
Dealing with Iran Media Monitors Network

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