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NPR 2012-06-30

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CNN 2010-12-25

This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria. The Obama administration has just completed its Afghanistan review, and the document seems to reflect realities on the ground,

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Early this morning, the US ended its military involvement in Iraq. A final convoy of heavily armoured personnel carriers rolled across the border into Kuwait. Soldiers cheered, bumped fists and hugged each other in celebration. The nearly nine-year w

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CNN 2011-08-20

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CNN 2011-12-08

Leaders in Europe are trying to prevent another debt crisis with the new money plan. This is needed because some European countries are spending much more money than theyre taking in. Theyre running on huge debts. And because they are using the same

CNN 2008-07-25

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CNN 2009-06-06

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