How They See Us
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Britain hands over a terror suspect
feature The Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has finally been extradited to the U.S.
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Is a deal with the U.S. in Iran’s interest?
feature The “unprecedented enthusiasm” of Western diplomats after the talks in Geneva suggests they received unexpected concessions from the Iranians.
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How they see us: Sending Noriega to France
feature The U.S. is extraditing Manuel Noriega to France instead of Panama, a move the former dictator spent the last three years fighting and one that prevents a full accounting of his crimes in his own country.
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How they see us: CIA agents overrun Pakistan
feature Pakistanis are furious at the killing of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor.
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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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Torturing an innocent man
feature Denied justice by the Americans who tortured him, Khaled el-Masri has finally been vindicated.
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WikiLeaks exposes U.S. war crimes
feature The U.S. military logs from the Afghan conflict recently made public by WikiLeaks reveal a staggering toll of innocent lives.
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How they see us: The force behind Kosovo’s independence
feature Thanks to America, Kosovo has finally gained its independence, said Enzo Bettiza in Italy’s La Stampa. Nearly a century after being conquered by Serbian forces, the ethnic-Albanian, Muslim province has proclaimed itself a state. “From this day forward, Ko
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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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Excluding the U.S. from the Americas
feature Latin America has just created a new bloc, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, which excludes the U.S. and Canada. It is envisioned as the primary forum for regional cooperation.
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Bias against Chinese athletes?
feature If China's 16-year-old swimming sensation, Ye Shiwen, were an American, she would be celebrated as a heroine.
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How they see us: What a black president would mean for Europe
feature Not that America probably cares, said Simon Jenkins in Britain
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Don’t blame U.S. for U.N. impotence
feature In the largest summit gathering ever, very little was accomplished.
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Dumping detainees in Bermuda
feature Bermuda accepted four of the Uighur detainees from Guantánamo Bay, much to the surprise of the British, who were not consulted about the agreement. Are Bermudans getting anything out of the deal?
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