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Taiwan's Typhoon Recovery
The disaster has been a tragic but unifying moment for the people of Taiwan, with rescue workers, volunteers and the international community pulling together for an extraordinary response. By Tony Ong. |
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Making Roads Safer in Nigeria
Road conditions in Nigeria are horrendous, and the government needs to develop a comprehensive plan of action to keep Nigerians safe on the roadways.
By Adewale T. Akande. |
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Palestinian Nationalism
The Palestinians need a state not just to live within borders, but one that all peoples claim, especially those who are dispossessed. By Dan Lieberman. |
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Is Britain's Dialogue with Hezbollah Misleading?
It would have been much better for the British government to inform the public that it intends to talk to a terrorist organization for the purpose of national interest, rather than claiming the dialogue is only with the political wing. By Walid Phares. |
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Perspectives: George Mitchell's Middle East Tour
Two Turkish journalists provide their views on the United States Special Envoy to the Middle East's second regional tour, which included stops at Turkey's capital, Ankara, and Ramallah, in the West Bank. By Defne Samyeli and Pelin Turgut. |
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Neglected Arms Control
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U.S. Should Encourage Democracy in Africa
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Peru's Cold War against Indigenous People
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Road to Recovery: Provincial Towns in Sierra Leone
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Albanian Elections Produce Unstable Parliament
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Letter: Romania Headed toward National Bankruptcy
Somalia, outside the Violence Box
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War Stories from the Tip of the Spear
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Egypt: Power Has Already Been Transferred
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Honduras Coup D'état
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Nigeria's Envy
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Ceuta, the Border-fence of Europe
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Letter: Iran's Election
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Romania Headed toward National Bankruptcy
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Sierra Leone: Water Crisis Threatens Survival in Freetown
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Lebanese Vote for the Status Quo
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Oslo Redux: Fool's Gold in Israel/Palestine
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The Taliban: Danger of an Ideology
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The Last Dictatorship of Europe
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Countering Jihadi Strategies in the Subcontinent
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Africans in the Diaspora: Development Partnerships
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Returning to Sierra Leone: No Place like Home
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The Pope's Visit to the Holy Land: Forging New Relations
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Non-Military Solutions to the Somali Piracy Dilemma
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Algeria: Women's Movement Still Going Strong
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Somali Pirates: Part of a Maritime Jihadi Strategy?
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Moldavia: Between Revolution and Geopolitics
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Taliban Receptive to Talks with Afghan Government
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Jamaica: Corporate Exploitation by the Bauxite Ore Industry
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Foreign Politics
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Britain: Economic Woes May Fuel Euro Debate
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US-Iranian Engagement: When and How?
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Divisive Politics Hindering Progress in Sierra Leone
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Iraq Withdrawal Plan: Will Iran and Syria Go Along?
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Evolving Role for Senegalese Women in Religion
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Kashmir: Conflict in a Peaceful Valley
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Books Versus Bombs
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United States-Lebanon Relations Face a Paradigm Shift
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The Great Black Hajj of 2009
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Somalia: A Symbol of the Decaying World Order
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Israeli, Palestinian girls share stories, build friendships
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From CBS to Kolkata: An In-Depth Look at Investigative Journalism
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James Zogby and the Politics of Perception
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Some good news for a change
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Rethinking National Security
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Live up to the spirit of 'One World, One Dream'
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Collective Punishment: Bad Idea Then and Now
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Has the Surge Prevented Peace in Iraq?
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Voice of Power Threatens Voice of Dialogue
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Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu
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Mahmoud Darwish: A People and a Poet
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Albania: Through a Glass Darkly
By Ledion Krisafi, Tirana, Albania
India's Concept of Nonviolence and Gandhi
By Ravindra Kumar, Delhi, India
Nepal Invites Tourists to Visit Its Villages
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An Abhorrent Form of Censorship
By Ambrose Musiyiwa, Leicester, England
10 Years After Suharto
By Ali Noer Zaman, Common Ground News Service, Jakarta, Indonesia
Myanmar: Waiting for Aung San Suu Kyi
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You Don't Mess With the Racism
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Hamas and Israel: Strange Bedfellows
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Who's Running Foreign Policy in Washington?
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China's 'Panda' Imperialism
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Aboriginal Control of Aboriginal Affairs
Pat Eatock, Green Left Weekly (radical newspaper), New South Wales, Australia
Saudis Call for Dialogue
By Asma Hanif, Common Ground News Service, Brussels, Belgium
Cyprus: The Time Has Come…
By Antonia Dimou, Athens, Greece
Pakistan Through the Lens of Iraq
By Marvin G. Weinbaum and Edward P. Joseph, Common Ground News Service
Why a Cultural Boycott of Israel Is Necessary
Remi Kanazi
What Syrian-Israeli Talks Mean
Hasan Abu Nimah, Jordan Times, Amman, Jordan
The Bonfire of the Townships: Purging South Africa
Bright B. Simons, Essex, England
When Free Speech Doesn't Come Free
Remi Kanazi
Discounts on Democracy in Europe: Who Should Determine How One Self-Determines?
Risto Karajkov, Bologna, Italy
China: The Infant Dragon
Bright B. Simons and Franklin Cudjoe, Accra, Ghana
Is Arab Media Truly Free?
Ramzy Baroud, Middle East Online, London, England
'We Are Workers, Not Criminals'
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Letter: Carter Deserves Better Than He Receives
Protecting a Free Press Requires International Cooperation
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Morality and Ethics in Public Life: A Gandhian View
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Questioning the Death Penalty
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Food Fights
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Tony Blair's Palestine
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The World Is Against Us, as Usual
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The Specious 'National Security' Argument
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A Redistribution of Power Essential in Lebanon
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The Moral Majority for Peace
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Carbon Cuts: Why Rich Countries Must Lead the Way
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Plan Colombia: The Real Destabilizing Force in South America
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Should India Also Develop Satellite-Killing Capability?
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The People of Pakistan Have Spoken
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Humbling Hamas
Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East Times, Washington, D.C.
Can I Have My Change Back: Arab-Americans and Obama's False Hope
Remi Kanazi, New York, N.Y.
Turkey's New Look Displeases Secularists
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Post-Election Sierra Leone: Coming In From the Cold
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To Wear or Not to Wear the Hijab
Hafsa Kanjwal and Khadijeh Zarafshar, Common Ground News Service
Let's See Plan B, Please
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Mahatma Gandhi and His Quest for Self-Realization
Ravindra Kumar, Delhi, India
U.N. Troops Accused of Human Rights Violations in Haiti
Maria Luisa Mendonça, Americas Program, Center for International Policy
Is Sarko Hypocritical?
Anene Ejikeme
Suharto: As He Lays Dying
Andre Vltchek, Jakarta, Indonesia
Kosovo: Quo Vadis
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Letter: India Must Deal With Poverty Before It's Too Late
Letter: U.S. Has Right to Prevent Illegal Immigration
Muslim Charities Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
William Fisher, The Jordan Times, Amman, Jordan
After Bhutto
John Esposito, Social Science Research Council
Russian-Iranian Rapprochement a Necessary Evil?
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Americans Glimpse the 'Real' Iran
Qamar-ul Huda, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, and Ayse Kadayifci, Common Ground News Service
Muslim Pilgrimage Exemplifies Believers' Equality Before God
Ahmad Al-Akhras, Columbus, Ohio
In the Shadow of Zion
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Common Ground News Service
No Democracy in the Middle East Without Muslim Citizenry
Asef Bayat, ISIM Review, Leiden, Netherlands
Deuces High: How the U.S. Can Bring an End to Myanmar's Crackdown on Democracy
Josh D. Friedman, San Francisco, Calif.
On Civil Society, Democracy, and Dziekanski
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Israel: Still a Democracy?
Shulamit Aloni, Ha'aretz (Liberal), Tel Aviv, Israel
Marshall Islands: Kwajalein Missile Range
Andre Vltchek, Worldpress.org correspondent
Letter: Anti-Blogger Law Approved in Italy
Poverty Alleviation in Nepal
Kamala Sarup
Letter: Zimbabwe's Political Newcomer
Southeast Asia: Resisting the Nokia E90
Andre Vltchek, Worldpress.org correspondent
Syria: There is a Role for Damascus
Volker Perthes, Common Ground News
Letter: The Truth About Jakarta
Israel: Measures of Confidence
Mark L. Cohen, Common Ground News
Israel: Moderating Among Moderates
Gail Lichtman
Letter: Clergyman Not Known in Chile by Alias
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Dual Nationality: A Blessing or a Curse?
Hanane El Hadi and Menna Taher, Common Ground News
Is This Ben Gurion or Hell?
Remi Kanazi
Beware the Growling Bear and other Predators
Raimondo Salomone
My Israeli and Lebanese Friends
Kamala Sarup
Letters: Disagreement With the Commentary on Colombia
Uribe's Colombia and U.S. Money
José María Rodríguez González
Letter: The Iran Crisis
Letter: The Offensive Exploitation of the Masai
Letter: An Alternative to Radical Islam
The Failure of the Israeli Left and the Two-State Solution
Remi Kanazi
How Far is Too Far?
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
The Wasatia Movement - An Alternative to Radical Islam
Mohammed Dajani
Selling a Convenient Untruth
Sammy Eppel, Caracas, Venezuela
Migrants and H.I.V./AIDS in Asia
Vivian Chong Wei Wan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
How to End 'Islamophobia'
Tawfik Hamid
The Challenge of American and Arab Fundamentalism
Ghassan Rubeiz, Common Ground News Service
Letter: Kosovo and the Ahtisaari Plan
Engendering Peace and Democracy
Kamala Sarup
The Expansionist Role of Iran
Naheed S. Ali
When Politics Ails Health
Ben Shao
Bill Maher’s 'Towel Headed Hos'
Remi Kanazi
'La Republique' is a Woman, But Can a Woman Win the Presidency?
Anene Ejikeme
Letter: The V.T. Tragedy and the Mental Health System
Letter: The Truth About Colombia
In the Footsteps of Muhammad
Amien Wangsitalaja, The Common Ground News Service
Why Banning Incandescent Lightbulbs Isn’t a Bright Idea
Peter Glover
The Politics of Pragmatism
Remi Kanazi
A Cigarette for Your Life Story
Daniel Lehman, NYU Livewire
Letter: Help for the Hmong
Letter: Coups in Fiji
What Iraq Needs
Youssef Benali, Caroline Fawzy and Austin Richardson, The Common Ground News Service
Waging the War of Peace
Ted Khan R. Juanite, Mindanao, Philippines
Can a Poor Country Become Rich?
Kamala Sarup, Kathmandu, Nepal
Letter: Attack on Zimbabwe Opposition Leader
Letter: Sierra Leone's Government
Letter: Global Warming
Diamonds: Symbols Of Love or Symbols Of War?
Miriam Mannak, Cape Town, South Africa
No Mercy
All Roads Lead to Checkpoints
Remi Kanazi
Exchange Siachen Confrontation for Peace
Q. Isa Daudpota and Arshad H. Abbasi, Islamabad, Pakistan
Myanmar Wants Pipeline Through NE India
Letter: About Yemen
Colombia's Rejection of a Humanitarian Exchange
José María Rodríguez González
The Obscenity of Vancouver’s Olympic Games: Here Comes Frankenstein
Am Johal, Vancouver, Canada
Crime, South Africa and the 2010 World Cup
Miriam Mannak, Cape Town, South Africa
The Beginning of the End For Britain's 'Merchant Class'?
Bright Simons, Essex, U.K.
Letter: Iran and the Concession in the Persian Gulf
Letter: Senator Barack Obama
Letter: The Current State of Affairs in Poland
Letter: Mugabe 2010 Presidential Honeymoon May Backfire
Letter: Disasters in Indonesia
Muslims 'Get' Globalization, but Does It Get Them?
Mehmood Kazmi, The Common Ground News Service
Not Looking for Peace
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Islamist NGOs an Integral Part of Muslim Societies
Azza Karam, The Common Ground News Service
The Aesthetics of Execution
Am Johal
Why Isn’t My Generation Protesting the War?
Jennifer Kramer, NYU Livewire
Blood Diamond Malaise
Roland Bankole Marke
More Than a Question of Semantics in Iraq
Bill Glucroft, Common Ground News Service
Chile: The Death of an Assassin
Tito Tricot
One Day of Peace in Sri Lanka
Jason Thomas, Melbourne, Australia
Terrorists Are Criminals, Not Muslim Activists
Shaykh Ali Gomaa, Common Ground News
Letter: Jaamat-e-Islami—Pakistani Womens' Friend of Foe?
Letter: Censorship in India
Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Can Deliver
Leila Hanafi, The Common Ground News Service
Sowing the Seeds for the Next War
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Pakistan’s President Musharraf Walking a Tightrope
Rehan Rafay Jamil, The Common Ground News Service
Arab Feminists Speak Out on Women's Rights
Letters: The New Pacific Wall
Experiencing Insecurity
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
'And Did You Visit Any Terrorist Camps?'
Komail Aijazuddin, NYU Livewire
Is This the End of 'The European Idea'?
NewNations.com
Letter: Sudanese Orphans
Letters: Guatemalan Adoptions
Letter: Iranian Political Prisoners
Letter: U.S.-Muslim World Relations
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Letter: Iran Sanctions
Letter: World War II
Al Qaeda, Muslims are Infidels in Bush's 'Freedom Agenda'
Mohamed Al-Azaki, Sana'a, Yemen
Letter: Wind Energy
Suffering from Stockholm Syndrome in Lebanon
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Letter: Problems with AirAsia
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Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Assessment of the Situation in Lebanon Following UN Resolution 1701
The Lebanese Communist Party, August 12, 2006, Translated by Eric Mueller
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Can a Biased Media Prevent the Next World War?
Abukar Arman, Hilliard, OH
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Looking in the Past
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The Lemon Tree & Munich
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Beautiful Madness
Am Johal, Haifa, Israel
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Leadership Brings Responsibility
Manuela Paraipan, Timisoara, Romania
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Political Governance Through Secularism, Sacrifices and Sycophancy in India
Prem Lal Joshi, Manama, Bahrain
The Existing Question
Remi Kanazi, New York City, NY
Diversity as an Instrument of Conflict
Manuela Paraipan, Timisoara, Romania
Why Amnesty Now?
Semih Minareci, Cordova, TN
Letter: African Leaders Were Not Alone in Committing Criminal Acts
America: Quo Vadis?
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Call a Spade a Spade
Remi Kanazi, New York City, NY
Four Reasons to Think Before Acting on Iran
Mounir Ibrahim, Washington, DC
Overextended Empire: Can the U.S. Recover From the Era of 'Pax Republicana'?
Am Johal, Vancouver, Canada
"I love my country, but I hate the government."
Kanak Mani Dixit, Kathmandu, Nepal
Rachel’s Words Live On
Remi Kanazi, New York, NY
What is Wrong with the USA Today?
Theodore Anderson, Mount Vernon, WA
US Media Bias: Covering Israel/Palestine
Remi Kanazi, New York, NY
The Lobby Made Me Do It
Erik Schechter, Tel Aviv, Israel
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