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Friday, January 27, 2012   13:57 GMT
U.S.
Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
Jim Lobe*

WASHINGTON - Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully.
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U.S.
Plan for Popular Presidential Vote Quietly Advances
Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA, Georgia - Unlike many of the younger democracies around the world, the United States still does not elect its president by popular vote. Indeed, a majority of U.S. citizens elected Al Gore to be President in 2000, but because the U.S. elects its presidents by way of a convoluted system called the electoral college, George W. Bush was declared the winner that year instead.
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U.S. Probe of Border Attack Hardened Pakistani Suspicions
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The Pakistani military leadership's response to the U.S. report on its helicopter attack on two Pakistani border posts Nov. 26 assailed the credibility of the investigation by Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven Clark and expressed doubt that the attack could have been "accidental".
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In Focus: Iraq
 
Economy and Trade
> U.S.   "Money Isn't Speech, Corporations Aren't People"
> U.S.   A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks
>   Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity
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Politics
> U.S.   Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
> U.S.   Plan for Popular Presidential Vote Quietly Advances
>   U.S. Probe of Border Attack Hardened Pakistani Suspicions
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Civil Society
> U.S.   "Money Isn't Speech, Corporations Aren't People"
> U.S.   A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks
> U.S.   Obama Rejects Giant Keystone Pipeline Scheme
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Environment
> U.S.   Obama Rejects Giant Keystone Pipeline Scheme
>   Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity
>   Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?
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Development
> CANADA   Opposition Builds to New "Tar Sands" Pipeline
>   Report Exposes "Survival Sex Trade" in Post-Earthquake Haiti
>   Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?
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Human Rights
>   U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks
> U.S.   "Money Isn't Speech, Corporations Aren't People"
> CANADA   Opposition Builds to New "Tar Sands" Pipeline
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Health
>   U.S. Limits Mercury Pollution as Big Coal Retreats
> U.S.   Despite Obesity Crisis, Govt Slow to Rein in Fast Food Industry
> SOUTH SUDAN   Women Aim to Protect Their Rights in a Young State
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Media & Communications
> U.S.   "Arab Spring" Dominated TV Foreign News in 2011
> BOOKS-US   Deconstructing Thomas Friedman
>   U.S. Carbon Emissions Down Seven Percent In Four Years
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Multilateralism Under Siege
Development Deadline
 
U.S. Elections 2008
Nuclear Weapons
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IPS UN Bureau - Internship Programme
 More North American News
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 U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks
 U.S. : 'Money Isn't Speech, Corporations Aren't People'
 U.S. : A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks
 How the U.S. Manipulates Key U.N. Appointments
 U.S. : Obama Rejects Giant Keystone Pipeline Scheme
 U.S. : Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran
 CANADA : Opposition Builds to New 'Tar Sands' Pipeline
 In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
 Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity
 U.S. : Burma Release, Ceasefire Hailed by Obama, Rights Groups
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 More about the IPS cast of writers
Adrianne Appel
Ngoc Nguyen
Lucy Komisar
Bill Berkowitz
William Fisher
Stephen Leahy
Jim Lobe
Gareth Porter
Haider Rizvi
Abid Aslam
Thalif Deen
Helena Cobban
 Global News from our Affiliates
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 DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
 HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
 Falklands/Malvinas, From Rhetoric to Pressure
 MIDEAST: Censorship Changes Colours
 U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
 BRAZIL: Community Radio Flourishes Online
 U.S.: Plan for Popular Presidential Vote Quietly Advances
 U.S.: Forced Marriages Still an Ugly Secret
 ARGENTINA: Drought Threat Looms Again
 ZIMBABWE: To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That is the Question
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Bush at War Part II