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LOOK: Arab Spring's Evolution

2012-05-21T15:33:21Z

-- Starting Wednesday, Egypt is holding its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed H...

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William Bradley: Flailing NATO? Big Questions Surround Obama's Showcase Chicago Summit

2012-05-19T17:17:16Z

There's a lot of confusion about the ballyhooed NATO Summit in Chicago, intended as a big boost to Obama's geopolitical leadership, showcased in his hometown. Here are some big outstanding questions about NATO's future.

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Rabah Ghezali: A Chicago Road to Perdition for NATO?

2012-05-17T14:10:18Z

The NATO summit in Chicago in May is being seen as an important test of whether the alliance's European members can mitigate their collective military decline by pooling and sharing capabilities.

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Libyans Look To God For Help

2012-05-16T10:00:00Z

* Rival schools of Islam in conflict over holy sites * Dozens of shrines destroyed by hardliners * Government too weak t...

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Coleen Rowley: Militarization of the Mothers: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, from Mother's Day for Peace

2012-05-14T12:55:15Z

Feminist war hawks don't want to talk about the women and children victims of war--or even count them--any more than their male counterparts.

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Human Rights Watch: NATO: Investigate Civilian Deaths in Libya

2012-05-14T10:37:28Z

(Brussels) – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has failed to acknowledge dozens of civilian casualties from air strikes during its 2...

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NATO Reportedly Underplayed Civilian Deaths In Libya

2012-05-14T00:01:00Z

By Sebastian Moffett BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on ...

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Abby Huntsman: Is the Media's ADD Hurting Our Country?

2012-05-13T22:42:04Z

So, here we are: a world of commentators, Tweeters, bloggers, and citizens with one of the most powerful tools developed in the history of mankind (the Internet) at our fingertips, literally, but how do we plan to use it? And, what is our collective responsibility?

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Stephen Zunes: Mali's Struggle: Not Simply of Their Own Making

2012-05-09T11:04:12Z

Despite formally handing over power on April 12, however, the junta continued to arrest opponents and still wields considerable influence. Scattered fighting between rival armed forces erupted in the capital last week.

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Libyan Militia Starts Gunfight Near PM's Compound

2012-05-08T11:43:00Z

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI, May 8 (Reuters) - Several people were killed on Tuesday when an armed militia protesting outside t...

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Magda Abu-Fadil: "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" Reports on Current, Future Regional Trends

2012-05-07T16:27:02Z

It's become an annual must read to take the pulse of where they are, but this year's edition of "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" (AMO) goes further to s...

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Brigitte Hamadey: The Security Council Who Cried Wolf

2012-05-07T12:43:38Z

One of the ICC's major realities is that it relies entirely on states to arrest and surrender accused to the Court. In this respect, state cooperation gives teeth to the ICC's bark.

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Elena Ulansky: Could Gaddafi Scandal Bring Down Sarkozy?

2012-05-03T17:08:35Z

The second round of the French campaign, a.k.a. "le second tour," fought between now and the runoff May 6 is indeed a compelling race.

The main quest...

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Steven Strauss: Regime Change in Syria: We Should Learn the Lessons of Iraq

2012-05-02T21:25:57Z

We may yet need to intervene militarily in Syria, because of our strategic interests or to prevent genocide. But for the sakes of the American and Syrian people, military intervention should be our last resort -- we should learn the lessons of Iraq.

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Kevin Hansen: Osama bin Laden and the Morality of Celebrating Death

2012-05-02T15:32:52Z

Osama bin Laden's death meant that Americans had one less evil to fear in the world. Most of the youth at the White House were not celebrating the death of a human being, but rather a long-awaited return of their belief in American exceptionalism.

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Matthew VanDyke: How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life

2012-05-01T15:36:21Z

The course of my life was altered dramatically by Osama bin Laden in ways that I had never considered. Specifically, the response by my country to bin Laden's attack on 9/11 changed my fate and exposed me to a world and experiences that would lead me down a very strange path.

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Linda Mason: Building a New Libya From the Ground Up

2012-05-01T13:48:18Z

we should look at the overthrow of Gaddafi as a beginning, not an end, to one of the most promising political transitions since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Libyans are building a democratic society from the ground up, and that requires the world's engagement.

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John Feffer: NATO vs. Rogues?

2012-05-01T11:47:32Z

Institutions rarely vote themselves out of existence. Not if they still have money in their budgets. That's why I don't expect NATO to suddenly declare game over and disband -- even though the alliance's rationale has become wafer-thin.

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Rabah Ghezali: The Arab Spring's Implications for NATO

2012-04-30T16:01:42Z

An improved military cooperation means an enhanced political relationship which would help reconsidering this part of the world as an opportunity for the dialogue of civilizations rather than simply a mere threat to Western security.

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Ex-Gaddafi Oil Chief Found Dead In Danube

2012-04-29T16:03:50Z

VIENNA — Shukri Ghanem, a former Libyan prime minister and oil minister who last year announced he was abandoning Moammar Gadhafi's regime to su...

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Bankrolled By Gaddafi?

2012-04-29T10:16:54Z

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday fiercely denied that he was offered campaign funding from late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi,...

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Libyan Cabinet Fired

2012-04-26T17:04:46Z

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's interim ruling council has fired the nation's Cabinet just five months after it took office, citing incompetence, two s...

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Libya Bans Religious Parties

2012-04-25T06:52:00Z

TRIPOLI, April 25 (Reuters) - Libya, preparing for elections in June, has banned political parties based on religion, tribe or ethnicity, a governme...

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Mark V. Vlasic: International Stolen Asset Recovery As a Development Issue -- A World Bank President's Legacy?

2012-04-21T20:18:52Z

While future commentaries will chronicle Robert B. Zoellick's acts and deeds, it is worth pausing, this weekend, as he completes his last major world forum as president, to recall the initiative he launched at his first major world forum.

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Sarah Margon: Remember Libya?

2012-04-19T11:07:57Z

The challenges Libya faces are not just about uniting a fractured society. They are also about building responsive and accountable governance institutions out of the ashes of the skeletal ministries left behind.

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