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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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Egypt: A court rules on Mubarak’s crimes
feature A judge sentenced Hosni Mubarak to life in prison.
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Egypt: A revolution reversed
feature The Egyptian counterrevolution is complete. Will Egyptians renew their resistance?
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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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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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Russia: Cracking down on musical dissent
feature Last month, members of the punk band and activist group Pussy Riot were sentenced to prison for their protest against Vladimir Putin.
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Saudi Arabia: When vice is wearing eye makeup
feature Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice “have repeatedly shown that they do not respect the people’s right of privacy,” said Khalid Alnowaiser at Arab News.
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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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Japan: Exporting a dangerous technology
feature Until we know all the things that went wrong with the nuclear plant at Fukushima, we have no business exporting nuclear technology, said an editorial at Shimpo Hebei Shimbun.
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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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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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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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Israel: All bias is not equal
feature Palestinian schoolchildren are taught to view the destruction of Israel as their duty.
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