New US Agreement with Iraqi Government Causes a Stir on Jun18 2008

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According to media reports, the US government plans to reach a new long-term military agreement with the Iraqi government, which has led to uproar well before it is planned to be signed in July. The main point of contention of the draft is that the Bush administration demands the right to attack any nation from [...]

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Should We Boycott the Olympic Games? on May30 2008

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Imagine that it is the time of the Olympic Games and nobody turns up. That is precisely what critics of China and Tibetan freedom fights would most like to happen. Yet whether a boycott of the Olympics actually yields any political success is highly dubious. About thirty years ago, a boycott of this nature took [...]

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Civil War in Lebanon on May19 2008

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A land that never finds peace. Once again, violence, blood, and unrest prevail over Lebanon, a country in a permanent state of emergency. Just last week, Hezbollah officially declared war on the Lebanese government. Deaths, casualties, and refugees are the consequences of heavy fighting that has since broken out. Since the first outbreak of civil [...]

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