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Talking to the junta in Myanmar
feature Sen. Jim Webb became the first top U.S. official to meet Than Shwe, the head of Myanmar’s ruling military junta, when he traveled to the country to win the release of John Yettaw.
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Extraditing an autistic hacker
feature Gary McKinnon, a 43-year-old Scot with Asperger’s syndrome, hacked into nearly 100 Pentagon and NASA computers and now faces extradition to the U.S. to stand trial.
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Getting through to North Korea
feature Is Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang the start of a new dialogue with North Korea?
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How they see us: Is universal health care un-American?
feature The biggest trouble is the attitude of American patients—they expect the best from their medical providers and don't seem to realize that their health care is already rationed.
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U.S. troops to use Colombian bases
feature The presidents of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) called a summit to debate the U.S.-Colombian agreement to give U.S. troops access to Colombian military bases for the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking.
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Must India play second fiddle to China?
feature India's uneasy reaction to the growing ties between the U.S. and China.
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Demonizing Muslims after Fort Hood
feature When it was reported that the U.S. Army psychiatrist who allegedly committed a massacre in Fort Hood was a Muslim, that became the most important facet of the story for the U.S. media, said an editorial in Saudi Arabia’s Arab
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Turning the world against Iran
feature Mohamed ElBaradei has caved to the Americans by having the IAEA pass a resolution demanding a halt to the uranium enrichment facility near Qom.
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Turmoil over U.S. bases in Japan
feature The Japanese want U.S. military bases on Okinawa moved to a less-populated part of the island or to a location outside of Japan.
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Aid to Pakistan comes with a price
feature Pakistan reacts to the conditions set down by the Kerry-Lugar bill in order to receive aid worth $1.5 billion a year for the next five years.
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Labeling Mexico a ‘failed state’
feature More than 6,000 people were murdered in drug-related violence in Mexico last year, and at least three major Mexican cities are now policed by the army.
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Snubbing the British prime minister
feature Will the "special relationship" between Britain and the U.S. survive?
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Getting pushed around by China?
feature China has more than $1 trillion invested in U.S. Treasury bonds. How will that alter the balance of power?
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China’s fury at arms sale to Taiwan
feature Is China overreacting to U.S. arms sale to Taiwan?
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