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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.

Posts Tagged Hamid Karzai

Udall meets with Karzai, McChrystal in Afghanistan

By | 04.09.10 | 3:56 pm

Although Afghan lawmakers recently said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to join the Taliban, Senator Tom Udall said Friday that Karzai denied making the remarks. Udall spoke by conference call with reporters from Afghanistan, where he met with…

Karzai’s popularity slips in Afghanistan

By | 09.26.08 | 7:52 am

For the first time in Hamid Karzai’s meteoric ascent to the presidency of Aghanistan’s presidency, Afghans are beginning to express disillusionment with Karzai, who is a key U.S. alley. Corruption, instability and tough economic times are starting to turn even Karzai’s fellow Pashtuns against him.