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Asia: Obama throws down the gauntlet to China
feature Asian nations seemed eager to work with President Obama to dampen China's interests and displays of power in the Far East.
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Turkey: Will these killers ever be punished?
feature The Turkish state has proved once again that it is not yet ready to render even-handed justice to those it sees as enemies, said Mehmet Ali Birand at Hurriyet Daily News.
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Japan: Limping along, one year after the tsunami
feature The people are doing their best. “If only their politicians and bureaucrats were not so incompetent.”
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Israel: Is Netanyahu moving toward the center?
feature The prime minister surprised everyone by canceling elections and bringing the centrist Kadima party into his governing coalition.
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Russia: Back to Putin’s crony capitalism
feature With Vladimir Putin back in the presidential office, it’s party time for his pals.
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Australia: Pressing the self-destruct button
feature Putting Labor’s infighting on display for the whole country to see is bad for the brand, said Nicolas Stuart at the Canberra Times.
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South Africa: Turning Mandela into the ‘mandie’
feature The South African government announced that the country's new banknotes will feature the face of Nelson Mandela, said Chris Roper at the Mail & Guardian.
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Egypt: Same as the old boss?
feature President Mohammed Mursi surprised everyone by firing the top brass in the military and issuing a decree to restore presidential powers.
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North Korea: Kim sets a surprising new tone
feature Under its young new leader, North Korea’s closed society is starting to open up.
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Canada: Include us in ‘Buy American’
feature Many U.S. goods are jointly produced with parts from both Canada and Mexico, and acting as a single large market would help all three economies, said Robert Pastor at The Globe and Mail.
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Egypt: Freeing ourselves from U.S. influence
feature Egypt is finally liberating itself from the Mubarak regime’s legacy of subservience to the U.S., said Hassan Badi at Moheet.
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Canada: Obama’s Keystone cop-out
feature Obama played politics and nixed Keystone on environmental grounds, a cynical move designed to win the votes and money of the green movement, said Ezra Levant at the Calgary Sun.
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Pakistan: Is civilian government doomed again?
feature President Asif Ali Zardari, who was elected amid public outrage at the assassination of his wife, Benazir Bhutto, has aroused both the enmity of the courts and the military.
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Brazil: The army takes on the drug gangs
feature It’s official: The army and the police have “reconquered” two of Rio de Janeiro’s worst slums, reclaiming them from the drug gangs that have run them for years, said Rodrigo Rötzsch in Brazil’s Folha.
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