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A presidential pardon that’s unpardonable; The toxic byproducts of worship
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Venezuela: Why Chavez lost his bid for supreme power
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Iranian unrest: Arabs see a fair vote
feature Accounts of the Iranian presidential election in the Arab press claim a fair victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but acknowledge Iranians' desire for reform.
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India: A quota for women in Parliament
feature Male members of Parliament are shrieking with horror, said Jayanthi Natarajan in The Asian Age, because a bill to establish a minimum quota of seats for women in Parliament is ready to come up for a vote
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Mexico: Paralyzed by swine flu
feature The outbreak of swine flu, which the World Health Organization says could become a global pandemic, has brought everything in Mexico to a standstill.
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Latin America: Calling a truce in the war on drugs
feature The Commission on Drugs and Democracy in Latin America has released a report urging the region's countries to decriminalize drugs and to treat drug addicts as patients.
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Honduras: The world shrugs at a coup
feature More than a month after Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted, the countries of the Americas are still dithering and there is no concerted international effort to reinstate him.
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Mumbai attacks: How could this have happened?
feature Indian intelligence services gave at least three warnings over the past two months about a terrorist attack on Mumbai. Authorities initially increased security in the city, but abandoned the effort because of a lack of manpower.
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North Africa: Protests in Tunisia spread to neighbors
feature The civil unrest started in Tunisia in mid-December and spread to Algeria last week. Will it take hold in Morocco and Egypt, countries that also face high unemployment and repressive governments?
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Russia: Rallying for the status quo
feature “The majority of the population of Russia is not yet ready for a revolution," said Dmitry Babich at The Moscow News.
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Turkey: Too quick to take offense
feature Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is far too thin-skinned, said Orhan Kemal Cengiz at Today’s Zaman.
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Lebanon: Assassination renews threat of civil war
feature Suspicion for a massive car bombing on Beirut immediately on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Uruguay: Getting into the marijuana business
feature Will state control over producing and distributing marijuana curb drug violence in Latin America?
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Pakistan: Charismatic and tough on America
feature At a rally in Lahore, Khan drew some 75,000 cheering supporters to listen to him rail against the “decadent, corrupt, and sucking-up-to-America ways of Pakistan politicians,” said Sanjeev Srivastava at Firstpost.com.
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