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Jan 28, 2012

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'Containment' will not protect the world from the dangers of a nuclear Iran

by Henry Kopel
The country owes them a debt – a trillion to be precise

by Simon Miller
One more Cuban martyr – and Latin America’s leadership turns a blind eye

by Fabio Rafael Fiallo
My great grandparents were dragged from Vienna to a gas chamber. How sorry is Austria today?

by Simone Dinah Hartmann
Was Obama even paying attention during his time in the Senate?

by Mark A. Calabria

Do you think Scotland should secede from the United Kingdom?

Should Diane Abbott be sacked for her racist tweet?

81.9%
Yes
16.2%
No
1.8%
Don't know/unsure

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by Douglas Carswell MP on 25 January 2012

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