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The Next President (Council on Foreign Relations)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:05:06 GMT

The next U.S. president will face a more difficult opening-day set of global problems than any of his predecessors since World War II.

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Foreign Affairs Preview: September/October 2008 (Council on Foreign Relations)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:29 GMT

Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose discusses the September/October 2008 issue with CFR.org Executive Editor Michael Moran.

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Is Brain Drain Good for Africa? (Council on Foreign Relations)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:35:13 GMT

Development experts have long lamented the negative effects of brain drain on Africa. Some economists now argue the benefits outweigh the costs.

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Brain Drain Not to Blame for Weak African Health Care (Council on Foreign Relations)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:49 GMT

Michael Clemens of the Center for Global Development says that the migration of skilled workers is not to blame for Africa's weak health systems.

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Pak government not reining in ISI: US (rediff News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:28:23 GMT

A senior US official has said that Pakistan's new government has failed to rein in spy agency Inter Services Intelligence, whose activities were always "ambiguous" and have now become even more explicit because of "lack of supervision". Pakistan's new government has failed to prevent the country's intelligence agency from aiding terrorist attacks and supporting the Taliban, a state department official...

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Prague Spring, China’s Rise, and the Afghan Insurgency (Council on Foreign Relations)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:33:06 GMT

In Thursday's Roundup: The 40th Anniversary of the end of the Prague Spring, China's global rise, and the Afghan insurgency.

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Ahmadinejad: Israel is a germ of corruption that will be removed (Prophecy Fellowship Forums)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:07:52 GMT

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1013733.html ---Quote--- On Tuesday, former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy told an American sponsored Arab satellite television network that Ahmadinejad's incendiary anti-Israel outbursts have united the international community against his country, thus serving a...

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Declaration on Strategic Cooperation Between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland (Council on Foreign Relations)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:50:26 GMT

The U.S. and Poland signed this declaration on August 20 2008; it allows parts of the U.S. missile defense shield to be situated in Poland. The United States of America (the United States) and the Republic of Poland (Poland) share a history of close ties between our people and our values, a commitment to democracy, a close defense relationship, and a willingness to confront common dangers and threats.We...

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A Morphing al-Qaeda (Council on Foreign Relations)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:39 GMT

Analysts are studying whether al-Qaeda in Iraq, severely diminished over five years of war, is moving its war against the West to Afghanistan.

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President Bush's Speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention (Council on Foreign Relations)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:43:39 GMT

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NATO, Pakistan, and the Gaza Crisis (Council on Foreign Relations)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:41:09 GMT

In Wednesday's Roundup: NATO's Response to Russia, Post-Musharraf Pakistan, and the Crisis in Gaza.

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Ahmadinejad 'Our Greatest Gift' : Former Mossad Chief Halevy (elphidelphi)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's incendiary anti-Israel outbursts have united the international community against his country, thus serving a key Israeli interest, former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy told an American-sponsored Arab satellite television network on Tuesday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's incendiary anti-Israel outbursts have united the international community against his...

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Ahmadinejad a 'gift' to Israel, former chief spy says (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:14:49 GMT

Tel Aviv - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the best present Israel has received because of his anti-Israel statements, the former head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency said Wednesday. He unites the world against Iran, Ephraim Halev...

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US faces up to life without Musharraf - Syed Saleem Shahzad (baithak)

noreply@blogger.com (temporal) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:00 GMT

"Musharraf had lost his utility as a useful asset for the 'war on terror'," retired general Hamid Gul, a security analyst and former director general of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), told Asia Times Online. "The Americans had been putting pressure on Islamabad since February for him to get its act together against the Taliban and al-Qaeda and Pakistan's foreign minister [Shah Mahmood...

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Pakistan government should rein in ISI, says Karzai (rediff News)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:53:41 GMT

With Pervez Musharraf stepping down as Pakistan President, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has expressed hopes that the democratically elected government in that country would be able to rein in the Inter Services Intelligence, which allegedly played a key role in the Indian Embassy bombing in Kabul. He stressed that Afghanistan's relations with India cannot be wrecked by bombs or suicides or by violence....

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New Pak leadership must face dangerous truth of ISI's role in Indian terror: NYT (Big News Network.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:48 GMT

New York, Aug 20 : The new leadership in Pakistan - mainly PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif - will have to show personal courage and broad political support to clean up its armed forces and intelligence agency ISI of the elements which have in the past killed Indian diplomats in collaboration with armed Islamic extremists.

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Obama's Speech at the Annual Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Convention (Council on Foreign Relations)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:38:51 GMT

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave this speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention on August 19, 2008.

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NATO Statement on the Situation in Georgia (Council on Foreign Relations)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:36:02 GMT

We have also agreed today to support Georgia, upon its request, in a number of areas. In addition, we have agreed to task the North Atlantic Council in Permanent Session to develop with Georgia rapidly the modalities for a NATO-Georgia Commission. This Commission will supervise the process set in hand at Bucharest, including the measures of support agreed at today’s meeting. These measures are intended...

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Kashmir Peace Setback (Council on Foreign Relations)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:58:31 GMT

South Asia expert Dennis Kux says the violent events in Kashmir mark a serious setback for peace prospects in the region.

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Solving the Crisis in the Caucasus (Council on Foreign Relations)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:21:08 GMT

As global leaders scramble to find a solution to the Russia-Georgia conflict, five experts weigh in with possible solutions.

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