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• American writer still being held in Somalia; US rescue for him?

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • As a US citizen, no matter what I earn I still have to pay capital gains taxes to the US (even on assets that were never in the USA). And if I work for a US company, I still have to pay social security and state unemployment insurance taxes.

• Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years

  Fri Jan 27, 2012
  • You can bet if it were an Islamic prayer, it would be pulled down.

• Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years

  Fri Jan 27, 2012
  • How did someone born in America "ask" to be there?

• American writer still being held in Somalia; US rescue for him?

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • He may live in Germany and be German, but if he is also a US citizen then his is a US taxpayer (unlike other nationalities, Americans have to pay even if they do not live in America).

• US moves embassy staff in Bahrain as anniversary of uprising approaches

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Just another crazy dictator... ah, but he's OUR dictator... the US doesn't care for democracy at all.

• Apple 'thrilled' by sales surge, profits blow past estimates

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Apple has more than 40,000 US employees... not to mention all the software companies and related fields that are there because of Apple.... and all the business near Apple HQ in Cupertino that rely on Apple employes spending money.

• Apple 'thrilled' by sales surge, profits blow past estimates

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Steve Jobs created 40,000 American jobs. I created 2 American and one Czech job using his products. How many jobs have you created?

• Reporter's notebook: journey to the Strait of Hormuz

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • You know Iranians can't simply leave in most cases, right? It's hard for them to get permission.

• Reporter's notebook: journey to the Strait of Hormuz

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • The article is completely honest. I was in Bandar Abbas last month and shopped in the markets, ate in restaurants and spoke to people about the political situation. I recognized most of the places the pictures were taken. Have you been to Bandar Abbas and talked to the people there?

• Reporter's notebook: journey to the Strait of Hormuz

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • I was in Bandar Abbas last month, so this article hit home and matched my experience talking to people there. It is always the innocent people who suffer at the hands of governments... Iranian and American both.