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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Turkey, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Horn of Africa, Georgia, Lebanon, Iraq, Hezbollah, Ukraine, Biden, Iran, Clinton, Kurd, Russia, Israel, India, Us, Kenya, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs :The Geopolitical Importance of Syria SI Analysis: Engagement with Syria seems to be a priority for many di...

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The Painful Cost to Israel of Its Settler Adventure

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Bradley Burston, Settlements, U.S., Palestinians, Barack Obama, World News

Settlement in remote areas has siphoned off critically needed funds for infrastructure, housing and social welfare in central Israel, as well as funds for dangerous roadways on which 440 died last year.

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Freezing Settlement Construction a Defining Test of Israel's Intentions

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fourth Geneva Convention, Us, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Jewish, Jewish Settlements, World News

For ordinary Palestinians as well as negotiators the demand that Israel completely freeze all settlement construction has become the real test of whether Israel is serious about peace.

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Iran's Rumored Nicaraguan "Mega-Embassy" Set Off Alarms In U.S.

Washington Post | Anne-Marie O'Connor and Mary Beth Sheridan | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Iran and Nicaragua, Us, Nicaragua, Iran Embassy, World News

For months, the reports percolated in Washington and other capitals. Iran was constructing a major beachhead in Nicaragua as part of a diplomatic push...

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US, Swiss Ask For Delay In UBS Secrecy Case

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 08.12.2009 | Business

Read More: UBS Clients, UBS Secrecy Case, Us, Switzerland, Ubs, Business News

The U.S. and Swiss governments and banking giant UBS AG indicated Sunday they were seeking a settlement and asked a federal judge to delay high-stakes...

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Americans Swap Homes For Hotels As Recession Continues

Reuters | Jason Szep | Posted 08.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Hotels, Motels, Us, Recession, Economy, Business News

Some Americans are swapping homes for motels as the ranks of the homeless swell during the recession, crowding out shelters and forcing cities and sta...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

Read More: G8, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Russia, Mexico, Iraq, Afghanistan, Obama, Honduras, Us, China, Uighurs, Medvedev, Putin, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Re-Settling of US-Russia Relations Facts:US President Barack Obama traveled to Russia this week and met wi...

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If Only the Uighurs Were Buddhist and China Was Israel

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Sting, Twitter, Bloggers, U.S., Tibet, Facebook, Uighurs, Bjork, Darfur, Arabs, Buddhist, Sudan, Egypt, Xinjiang Province, Muslim, Israel, China, Bono, World News

If these Uighurs were Buddhists, Bjork, Sting, Bono and all those other one-named saviors of the world's poor and oppressed would have held "Free Xinxiang" concerts already.

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U.S. And Russia Differ On Treaty For Cyberspace

New York Times | JOHN MARKOFF and ANDREW E. KRAMER | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Us, Internet, Cyber Safety, World News

The United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on ...

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Food Inc.: What is the Food Industry Hiding?

Janice Taylor | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Safety, Health & Wellness, Farmers' Market, Michael Pollan, Escherichia Coli, Slaughterhouse, Janice Taylor, Cattle, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Industry, United States, Us, New York City, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Eric Schlosser, Green News

Food, Inc. is a mind-blowing, stomach-twisting, eye-opening and ultimately heart-breaking film.

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US Envoy William Burns Spoke To Reporters In Delhi after Meeting Indian PM Manmohan Singh

Rani Singh | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, Science, India, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Us, Security, Technology, World News

William Burns, US Under Secretary of State, gave a press conference Thursday after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was repeatedly questioned about India-Pakistan relations.

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Government Report: US Emissions Projected to Tank ~3.5% in '09

Dennis Markatos | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Oil, Eia, Us, Coal, Global Warming, Recession, Natural Gas, Green News

The US Energy Information Agency has further lowered its emissions projection for '09, due to lower coal consumption based on a drop in demand for fuel and the substitution of coal for natural gas.

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Obama Shapes Cybersecurity Policy With a Velvet Hammer

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Civil Liberties, Presidency of Barack Obama, United States, Obama Administration, Privacy, U.S, Matthew Broderick, Politics News

U.S. cybersecurity efforts remain a patchwork of uncoordinated and conflicting policies, procedures and processes.

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U.S. Personnel Made Major Errors In Airstrikes That Killed Afghan Civilians, Military Report Finds

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Afghanistan Airstrikes, Us, World News

A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the airstrikes in western Afghanistan o...

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South Korea, U.S. Raise Alert Level On North Korea

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: South Korea, North Korea, Us, North Korea Alert Level, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. and South Korea put their military forces on high alert after North Korea renounced the truce keeping the peace be...

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Moody's: US Government's 'Aaa' Rating Is Stable Despite Rising Debt

AP | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: US Debt, Us Credit Rating, Us, Moody's, Business News

NEW YORK — Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday the U.S. government's "Aaa" rating is stable despite the country's swelling debt. A credit ...

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Iran Told U.S. No Talks Until After June Elections: Report

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 06.23.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Iran Us Talks, Iran Elections, Us, World News

The Obama administration has contacted Iran several times for talks, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his government ruled out any discussions b...

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U.S. Relying More On Allies In Questioning Terror Suspects

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 06.23.2009 | World

Read More: Us Allies, Interrogations, Terror Suspects, Us, World News

The United States is now relying heavily on foreign intelligence services to capture, interrogate and detain all but the highest-level terrorist suspe...

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European Slump May Stall Global Rebound

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 06.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Recession, Europe, Europe Economy, Us, Business News

The financial crisis in the United States may have tipped the world into a global recession, but the biggest obstacle to a full-scale recovery may now...

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The New Power Dispensation at the UN Security Council

Carne Ross | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Georgia, Russia, Diplomacy, UN Security Council, Un, Us, China, Power, Foreign Policy, p5, P2, Parag Khanna, World News

Changes are afoot in the way power works in the world. New axes of power are emerging.

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Obama, Netanyahu, Two States for Spoiled Brats

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Israeli Settlements, Mideast, Bradley Burston, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S., Barack Obama, World News

Washington and the world have allowed Israel and the Palestinians to run off the rails in whatever direction they happen to see fit at the moment. Why? They're afraid of them.

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Goodbye/Hello 7 "Human Rights Gone Wrong"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Failure, Human Rights Council, Vaclav Havel, Courage, Human Rights Activists, Un, Zimbabwe, Terror States, Abuse, Governments, Uzbekistan, China, Myanmar, Dictators, Iran, Death Sentences, Belarus, Credibility, Russia, Executions, Sudan, Cuba, Us, Humanity, North Korea, Regimes, Expediency, World News

Goodbye to seating inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table. Hello to removing inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table.

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How Would Israel Look, if Its Left Finally Died?

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mideast, Khaled Meshal, Ehud Barak, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama, U.S., Palestinians, World News

It might look just like it does.

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Reading The Pictures: America All Pumped Up In Korengal Valley

Michael Shaw | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Nyt, War, America Pumped Up, Slide Show, U.S., Weight, Wall Street Journal, America, Korengal Valley, WSJ Photo Journal, Foreign Policy, Politics, Photo Journal, Military, Afghanistan, Muscle, Foreign Affairs, News, Media News

At first, I thought this photo of Spc. Taylor Jordan lifting weights in the Korengal Valley was published out of irony.

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Denial-istan

Huffington Post Contributor | Farrukh Rehan | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: U.S., Taliban, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Failed State, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Taliban Swat Valley, Fata, Spotlight on Pakistan, World News

by Farrukh Rehan Every morning I roll out of bed and scan the papers on the net. Today, like most days, I find something distressing about Pakistan. ...

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