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/ 30 December 2008
This week’s eruption of violence pitting Israelis against Palestinians in Gaza could be seen as a metaphor for the unpredictable year of 2008.
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/ 25 November 2008
Touted as the next US secretary of state, the former first lady carries tremendous political baggage.
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/ 7 November 2008
Dmitry Medvedev (43) and Barack Obama (47) share a couple of things in common. Both are exceptionally young, inexperienced and almost wholly untried.
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/ 15 October 2008
George W Bush’s presidency is losing international influence, but it would be foolish to write obituaries for American power.
Washington has seen a ‘throw the bums out’ mood before. But this is something else.
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/ 12 September 2008
An order issued by George Bush giving US forces carte blanche to mount operations inside Pakistan raised fears that the conflict was spreading.
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/ 9 September 2008
With a population of more than 50-million, the country has become the world’s biggest prison camp. Pressure is building on the UN to act.
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/ 8 September 2008
The foreign ministry in Islamabad termed the incursion ”a gross violation of Pakistan’s territory”.
Putin claims that Washington is to blame for the Caucasus crisis. Does he really think Dick Cheney’s that clever?
The turbulent prospect of direct United States intervention against al-Qaedaand Taliban jihadi bases in Pakistani territory adjoining Afghanistan appears to have moved closer after last week’s visit to Washington by Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. Far from reassuring his hosts that Islamabad is on top of the situation in the so-called tribal areas, […]