In recent weeks President Bush has given several speeches promoting Turkey
as the type of democracy that Iraq and Afghanistan should strive to
emulate. Mr. Bush even went so far as to state, “Turkey’s democracy is an
important example for...
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23 June 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The world's most famous political prisoner, Burma's Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will not be celebrating a happy birthday on Sunday (June 19) when she turns 60, because she is locked under house arrest....
18 June 2005
Every year on the 3rd of May journalists all over the world celebrate
World Press Freedom Day to reiterate their commitments to fundamental
principles of press freedom and freedom of expression. As internal and
cross-border conflict...
08 June 2005
Duck and cover, fellows, Thomas Friedman's back in India, and the mysterious subcontinent exercises its usual sorcery on the wandering pundit, eliciting paragraphs of ecstatic drivel, as it has from so many New York Times men.
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08 June 2005
WASHINGTON -Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the
following statement today in reaction to Pope Benedict's anti-gay
comments regarding marriage. In talking about marriage equality the Pope
referenced "pseudo-matrimonies"...
08 June 2005
Aggressive followers and participants in U.S. politics often have strong opinions about the Downing Street Minutes. Most other Americans have not heard of or are not clear about what the Downing Street Minutes are.
How is...
How is...