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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan By Frances Kissling Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/organ_trafficking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/organ_trafficking/index.html?source=rss Millions of people like me need kidneys and there aren't enough. The government should give benefits to live donors By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/19/monckton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/19/monckton/index.html?source=rss A prominent global warming skeptic comes up with a conspiracy theory, and some on the right follow By Frances Kissling Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/07/vatican/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/07/vatican/index.html?source=rss The pope's UN rep swats away questions about sexual abuse -- and raises questions about the church's special status By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/01/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/01/cole/index.html?source=rss The assumptions most Americans hold about Iran and its policies are wrong By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/23/obama_un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/23/obama_un/index.html?source=rss The President pledges to increase international cooperation, while another leader steals the spotlight By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/18/un_homosexuality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/18/un_homosexuality/index.html?source=rss The U.S. was the only Western government not to endorse the document last year. By Gabriel Winant Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/24/rice_un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/24/rice_un/index.html?source=rss ABC reports that Susan Rice, a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama, is likely his choice to be ambassador to the United Nations. By Joe Conason Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/27/wars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/10/27/wars/index.html?source=rss Despite the impasse in U.S.-Iraq negotiations, he clings to his fantasy of "victory" and America's ability to set the terms for withdrawal. By Hooman Majd Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/25/ahmadinejad_campaigns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/25/ahmadinejad_campaigns/index.html?source=rss As I spent time with the Iranian president in New York, the central purpose of his trip to the United Nations became clear: Getting reelected back home. By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/24/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/24/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss Once again, U.S. politicians, including both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, pile on the Iranian president. Why does Larry King (!) sound like the adult in the room? By Juan Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/iran/index.html?source=rss Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama. By Gregory Levey Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/18/kabul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/18/kabul/index.html?source=rss Foreign women opening restaurants in Kabul provide stability and comfort to a war-torn area. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/03/kevin_rudd_signs_kyoto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/03/kevin_rudd_signs_kyoto/index.html?source=rss And then there was one. In his first act as prime minister, Rudd leaves the U.S. standing alone as the only developed nation that hasn't ratified the Kyoto Protocol. By Lynn Harris Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/21/help_women_in_congo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/21/help_women_in_congo/index.html?source=rss How to help victims of sexual violence in Congo By Lynn Harris Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/24/un_vaw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/24/un_vaw/index.html?source=rss The U.N. Security Council demands -- again -- an end to violence against women. By Mark Danner Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism. By Jill Savitt Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/04/china_darfur/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/04/china_darfur/index.html?source=rss Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide. By Joe Conason Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/28/aznar_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/28/aznar_iraq/index.html?source=rss Bush's 2003 conversation with the Spanish prime minister shows his smug determination to invade Iraq at all costs. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/27/saudi_arabia_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/27/saudi_arabia_oil/index.html?source=rss The Kingdom's petroleum minister claims that efforts to rein in the demand for oil are unfair to his country. But maybe the world has bigger problems? By Hooman Majd Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/26/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/26/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss My time with the Iranian president this week underscored how the U.S. media has overlooked his political savvy.