How They See Us
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9/11 triggered U.S. decline
feature Europeans weigh the financial and moral costs of the U.S. response to 9/11.
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Backing the uprising in Syria?
feature Some people think the U.S. has played a background role in fomenting political dissent in Syria.
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A rush to condemn DSK
feature How the French view Americans and the American justice system after the DSK case.
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Opposing Palestine in UNESCO
feature UNESCO voted to admit Palestine as a member, which triggered a U.S. law that cuts off the organization's annual funding of $80 million.
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How they see us: Is there no criticizing Israel?
feature The U.S. is coming under fire for vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Israel’s continued expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank as an obstacle to peace.
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Who leads the war in Libya?
feature There are serious doubts about whether Europe is up to the task of commanding military operations in Libya.
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Assassinating Osama bin Laden
feature How the Europeans view the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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Can America pay its debts?
feature Standard & Poor’s has shocked the world by announcing it was considering downgrading America because of the impasse between Republicans and Democrats over how to balance the budget.
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Is Bradley Manning being tortured?
feature Manning has been in solitary confinement for the past 10 months, under a prevention-of-injury order that keeps him locked in his cell for 23 hours a day and stripped naked at night.
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How they see us: Guatemalans as medical guinea pigs
feature An American doctor involved with the Tuskegee Institute study also experimented with Guatemalans, infecting them with syphilis and gonorrhea to test new ways of preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
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How they see us: Arming the Saudis against Iran
feature To contain Iran's ambitions, weaponry worth billions of dollars is being sold to Saudi Arabia and other friendly Gulf states, including Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
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How they see us: China digs in on rare earths
feature Is it “unfair and unreasonable" to ask China to increase its exports of rare earth metals?
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How they see us: Hidden motives for backing Mursi
feature Egyptian liberals are furious at the U.S.—and this week they took it out on Hillary Clinton.
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How they see us: Why Pakistanis don’t trust the U.S.
feature Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's carefully worded statement nearly eight months after the drone strike was really no concession at all.
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