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Can Obama be a different US President with the Nobel Peace Prize?
Region: United States
US President Barack Obama deserves congratulations for being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the most prestigious prize in the world. Obama has responded to the award terming it a “call to action’. It mean... more
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Iran Diplomacy: Dead Plan Walking
Region: United StatesPresident Obama claims that diplomacy is the way to go in the dispute with Iran over its nuclear ambitions. I think he's lying. Obama is too smart to believe that Iran will do anything but stall while it continues to... more
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Obama Administration Appears Poised for Talks With Iran
Region: IranThe nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz. Credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Iran’s five-page offer for talks with the Obama administration, first published here [1], appears to have been accepted [2] by the White H... more
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Syria Briefing Syria home Syria-Iraq Ties Cool Over Bomb Charges
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicAmbassadors recalled just as relations were getting better. By an IWPR-trained reporter (SB No. 73, 28-Aug-09) A row over charges by Baghdad that Damascus is harbouring former Iraqi cadres responsible for the latest d... more
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India cancels Pakistan cricket tour of January 2009
Region: India
NEW DELHI: In the wake of Mumbai terrorist attacks, Indian government has instructed the Indian Cricket Board to cancel the next year’s tour of Pakistan. India were scheduled to play three tests, five one-da... more
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More Americans Studying Abroad, Improving Goodwill Toward U.S.
Region: United StatesWill the increase of U.S. students studying abroad help us shed the image of the ugly American and improve relations with our foreign adversaries? More Students Study Abroad in Diverse Locations According to USA Today... more
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President Sarkozy's new style presidency
Region: FranceAs it is the custom in France, French president Nicolas Sarkozy attended the annual farming fair in Paris, last Saturday. An event widely appreciated by his predecessor, former president Jacques Chirac, who was very well k... more
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Lollipops and roses for North Korea
Region: KoreaFrom the way it looked, the United Nations is using a new kind of international diplomacy, which when further scrutinized could be misconstrued as a way of pampering North Korea into opening up its doors to U.N. nuclear in... more
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