Member 3460Foreign policy U-turn (USATODAY.com)24-07-2008 13h20USATODAY.com - Lame-duck presidents traditionally turn to foreign policy as power ebbs from them at home, and George W. Bush is no exception. What's remarkable about the Bush administration's final year, however, is how different it is from its earlier ones. Our view on Iraq: Why can't Obama admit the obvious? The surge worked (USATODAY.com)24-07-2008 13h22USATODAY.com - In January 2007, America's adventure in Iraq seemed like a chaotic failure. The country was riven with sectarian violence, and al-Qaeda in Iraq had gained a foothold in western Anbar province. Attacks on U.S. troops were running well over 1,000 a week, and Iraqi civilians were dying at a rate of more than 3,000 a month. Opposing view: Refocus on Afghanistan (USATODAY.com)24-07-2008 13h21USATODAY.com - Recent events have demonstrated clearly that Barack Obama's judgment on Iraq is right. Now, it's time to heed that judgment so that we can successfully end the war while refocusing on the fight in Afghanistan. In Sudan, stability or civil war? (The Christian Science Monitor)24-07-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - While the world seems focused on the International Criminal Court's request to arrest Sudan's president Omar al Bashir for genocide, a single dusty town in central Sudan may hold the key to the country's future stability. Open China's great firewall (The Christian Science Monitor)24-07-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - China has more people online than any other country. But its rulers are also world-class obstructors of the Internet, a practice sure to be under scrutiny during the Olympic Games, when foreigners used to Web freedom will visit Beijing. The Silent Olympics (HuffingtonPost.com)25-07-2008 07h32HuffingtonPost.com - It is important for the world to know that quietly and out of sight of the mainstream media, ordinary people from all over China have engaged in citizen activism even after the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Their grassroots efforts are building a society that is likely to look very different than the prevailing state-sponsored image of homogenous nationalism, choreographed with even greater care as the Olympics approach. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 867 Member 4596 Member 464 Member 3923 Member 5262 Member 2907 Member 4351 Member 3496 Member 1741 Member 2932 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 | |
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