This Protest Won’t Go Away

BEIRUT - Lebanon is caught in political gridlock in the face of sustained opposition to the U.S.-backed government. The government is refusing to give in to opposition demands for more representation. The government says it is there to stay; so do the protestors....

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Enter the Veto

As the fact-finding mission of the UN Security Council arrives in Belgrade this morning, the war of words over the occupied Serbian province of Kosovo continues. Last week, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns warned of a "new conflict" if the...

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War Causes Air Force Sergeant to Change Course

Jeff Slocum is a 41-year-old chief master sergeant in the United States Air Force. He's spent the last 21 years in the military and has been stationed in Europe, Korea, Honduras and the Middle East. He's now an engineer at Pope Air Force Base near Fayetteville, North...

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The Bush Legacy:
Headed for Hisses?

Let us imagine for a moment that the years of George W. Bush as president have already passed us by, that it is perhaps 2017. In this imaginary time, what might the former president's Wikipedia entry look like? Here is a guess: "George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946)...

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Still Whacking Moles in Iraq

Whac-a-Mole is a classic arcade game in which the object is to pound the "moles" with a mallet when they randomly pop up out of their holes. The fun and frustration of playing Whac-a-Mole is that no matter how many times you whack the moles, they just keep...

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Survey Finds Suspicion of US Pervasive in Islamic World

Six and a half years after U.S. President George W. Bush launched his "global war on terror," suspicion of U.S. motives remains pervasive throughout the Islamic world, according to a new and highly detailed survey of four countries [.pdf] released Tuesday. An average...

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The Legacy of Boris Yeltsin

Communism wounded Russia, grievously, almost irreparably – and Yeltsinism delivered the death blow. The legacy of Boris Yeltsin, who presided over what Paul Klebnikov described as "one of the most corrupt regimes in history," is, quite literally, the...

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The Blacksburg Massacre in Global Context

Last Jan. 16, a car bomb blew up near an entrance to Mustansiriya University in Baghdad – and then, as rescuers approached, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd. In all, at least 60 Iraqis, mostly female students leaving campus for home, were killed and...

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