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'The Owl and the Hawk': A Plan to Avoid Another 9/11

The POP plan calls for all nations to deny entry to any passport holder whose government refuses to assume financial responsibility for criminal acts committed by the passport holder.
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U.N. Report: Balkans Safer Than Thought

The Balkans is safer than thought. This is the basic message from a recently published report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, a report whose arguments run counter to common wisdom.
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'Iranians Love the West': An Interview With Omid Memarian

Memarian has been honored by Human Rights Watch for his work, which
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U.S. Farm Bill 'Too Little, Too Late' for Developing World

The legislation broke new ground but the amount—$60 million over four years—was a fraction of the $300 million President Bush had sought for one fiscal year and will be spent on a pilot program.
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Who's Running Foreign Policy in Washington?

Perhaps it helps to be a seasoned Kremlinologist to know who in the politburo on the Potomac is initiating and implement policy on Iran or any other topical international issue.
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Vacation? How to Plan the Trip of a Lifetime

Ada Letelier provides her insights into some of the pros and cons of traveling in an organized group, especially for those who have never had the pleasure of traveling in this manner.
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In Their Eyes: Assisting the Quake-Affected Children of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir

Kashmir Family Aid, founded in 2005 and based in Bend, Ore., works to counter poverty and terrorism while promoting women's rights by providing secular education to quake-affected children.
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India-U.S. Nuclear Deal: A Victim of Oversell

It is evident that the India-United States civilian nuclear deal is a victim of oversell as a
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Solar Powered Computer Center Opens in Sierra Leone: An Interview With Samuel Atere-Roberts

On June 10, Samuel Atere-Roberts participated as project manager in the commissioning of the solar powered computer center at the Prince of Wales School in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Second Wave of Reforms in Mozambique Aims to Share Wealth

Many have missed out on the economic boom of the past decade that has seen robust growth rates but which has been largely driven by huge capital investments that have created few employment opportunities.
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Spate of Arrests Ahead of Elections in Zimbabwe

The detention of presidential contender Tsvangirai by police for nearly 12 hours on Wednesday is another instance of the orchestrated harassment of opposition supporters and other organizations.
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Youth Views: Is War as Diplomacy Obsolete?

The United States needs to look outside of the "military might" box when it comes to foreign engagement and take an active lead in developing soft power approaches to mitigate conflict.
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Big Stakes in November Elections in Venezuela

The pro-revolution forces face a big challenge in securing an overwhelming victory in the November regional elections in order not to lose ground to the United States-backed opposition.
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Insite Saves Lives: An Interview With Liz Evans

"We accepted that narcotics are both dangerous and illegal. What we argued, though, was that because of those facts, Insite is a crucial access point to health care and treatment. And the judge agreed."
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China's 'Panda' Imperialism

An interesting facet of the Sino-African project is the issue of standards diplomacy in the context of the evolving relationship between booming China and not-so-booming Africa.
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Aboriginal Control of Aboriginal Affairs

Pat Eatock, a Goomiegyrie and a grandmother of the Kairi (or Gyrie) nation from central Queensland, Australia, looks at Aboriginal dispossession since the 1967 citizenship referendum.
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Current Indian Political Scenario—Problems That Take Priority

India currently faces three major problems that are stalling the bandwagon of its normal routine: inflation, the Gujjar agitation, and the Gorkha (Gurkha) agitation.
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Cyprus: The Time Has Come…

Today, the Mediterranean is on the frontlines of a global struggle for peace and development. I would like to stress from the Greek point of view, the core challenge: ending the problem of Cyprus.
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Discounts on Democracy in Europe: Who Should Determine How One Self-Determines?

Both Greece and Bulgaria stubbornly refuse to comply with decisions by the European Court of Human Rights to allow the registration of the political parties of their Macedonian minorities.
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Aid Consultancies: Is the Money Well Spent?

That consultants enrich themselves from the generosity of donor nations undermines the whole point of foreign aid. It spreads cynicism among those in the field providing aid and among donor nations.
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Gaza Truce Is a Sham, Say Analysts

Norman Finkelstein believes the peace moves with Syria and Lebanon, and the ceasefire with Hamas, have less to do with the Palestinian issue than they have with dealing with Iran's perceived nuclear threat.
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Saudis Call for Dialogue

The kingdom has long been perceived as a piece of desert ruled by an ultraconservative clergy with radical interpretations of Islam.… My Saudi friend calls these sheer misperceptions.
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'Once Upon a Country': An Interview With Sari Nusseibeh

The use of violence has never helped us in Palestine, but has, on the contrary, always damaged us; for example, suicide bombings gave Israel the justification for building the dividing wall.
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