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Is South Africa ready to send in troops?
feature If a tyrant can be toppled in Iraq, said Hopewell Radebe in the Johannesburg Business Day, then why not in Zimbabwe? The South African government primly insists that Robert Mugabe can never be expelled by force, but if the post-election violence in Zimbab
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Israel and Syria: Old enemies come to the table
feature Is peace breaking out in the Middle East? asked Charles A. Landsmann in Berlin
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Egypt: Democracy suffers as food crisis worsens
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Best columns: Turkey: Can secularist judges rein in the ruling party?
feature The simmering antagonism between Turkey
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Russia: Lighting a ‘powder keg’ in the Caucasus
feature How should the world react to strife between Georgia and Russia?
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Let’s swap land for peace with Syria
feature Golan Heights has brought Israel nothing but trouble—it's time to exchange it for peace with Syria.
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Pakistan: Will we ever know who killed Bhutto?
feature Pakistanis still don
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The Arab League: Who’s to blame for a dismal summit?
feature This year’s Arab League summit was a dismal failure, said Sulayman Taqiy-al-Din in the United Arab Emirates’ Al-Khalij. It’s true that the summit, held in Syria last weekend, came at a time of “escalation of inter-Arab discords” over such issues as Palest
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Zimbabwe: Preparing for a post-Mugabe future
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Venezuela: Why Chavez lost his bid for supreme power
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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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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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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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