The reality of aid… is that it
continues to fail to promote human
development for the eradication of poverty
based on the core values of human rights,
democracy, gender equality and
environmental sustainability. This is despite
the appearance of progress in the form of
high-profile debt cancellations, new aid
pledges, and the signing of the Paris
Declaration on aid effectiveness – Caterina Amicucci
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As was widely rumored, President-Elect Barack Obama unveiled his National Security Team today. Here’s the announcement as released:
Good morning. Last week, we announced our economic team, which is working as we speak to craft an Economic Recovery Program to create jobs and grow our struggling economy. Today, Vice President-elect Biden and I are pleased...
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Now that the elections have been fought and won by a once improbable candidate, Americans have quickly reverted to type – worrying about everything and nothing on how the new president will govern. It never ceases to amaze me how much influence a negative culture has on a nations psyche. Here is a candidate...
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“I know how to win wars”
“I am a maverick”
“I have been tested”
“I know how to get Osama Bin Laden”
Hearing senator John McCain make these claims, the totally uninformed is wont to take the word of the 72-year old at face value. After all, he has been celebrated as a war hero; he is a...
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Tags: Campaign Trail, Captivity, Commander In Chief, Cuban Missile Crisis, Decency, Face Value, Fantasy World, Fighter Jet, Intellectual Curiosity, John McCain, Maverick, Military Force, Osama Bin Laden, Outrageous Claims, Political Pundits, Rebuttal, Senator John Mccain, Senator Mccain, Soviet Union, Tenacity, War Hero
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In a continent that has seen its fair share of international, regional, local and tribal wars, the news coming out of Angola is refreshing. That a country which, until recent times, was enmeshed in a long-running civil war could hold a peaceful election is astounding enough. But the greatest achievement in all this is...
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Tags: Coalitions, Concession, Democracies, Democracy in Africa, Democratic Elections, Economic Issues, Electoral Processes, Equatorial Guinea, Fair Share, Greatest Achievement, International Observers, Jonas Savimbi, Mpla, Opposition Party, Peaceful Election, Political Independence, Popular Movement, Provisional Results, Spheres, Tranquility, Tribal Wars, Unita
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It’s been seven years since the horrible tragedy that was visited on the United States by mindless terrorists and misguided elements. Seven years have gone by when the country lost almost three thousand souls to the attack on 9/11, and seven years have gone by without the major participants in that attack being brought...
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Tags: Billions Of Dollars, Building Fences, Bush Administration, Current Administration, Emotional Speeches, Fences, George W Bush, Guise, Horrible Deaths, Horrible Tragedy, Innocent Victims, Killers, No Doubt, Osama Bin Laden, Perpetrators, Plastic Bags, Prosecution, Republican Party, Seven Years, War In Iraq, Willingness, Wrong War
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For quite some time now, I have often found myself asking the question “Why does the greatest country in the world keep making stupid political blunders in terms of foreign policy?”. The evidence of this myopic and sometimes disastrous political miscalculations are broad and varied: from starting local wars in the Far East to...
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The recent news that once again the Bush administration plans to announce a $1 billion package of aid to help rebuild another country, this time, Georgia after its rout by Russian forces last month, is yet again a demonstration that the Bush administration is clueless about the use of economic power in foreign affairs....
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Tags: Armored Tanks, Autocratic Rule, British Petroleum, Chevron, Civil Strife, Country Of Georgia, Darfur Sudan, Democracy, Entrenchment, Gaza Strip, Gulf Coast Areas, Irrational Decisions, Janjewid, Military Buildup, Military Trucks, Military Weapons, Oil, Oil And Gas Prices, One Billion Dollars, Ossetians, Palestinians, Police Uniforms, Recent Natural Disasters, Reconstruction Aid, Republic Of Georgia, Russian Forces, Social Conflicts, South Ossetia, Squabble, Stupid Decision, Threat To World Peace, Time Georgia, war, West Bank And Gaza, West Bank And Gaza Strip
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In a sign that the world may be witnessing the re-emergence of a bipolar world where the United States and most Western countries are on one side and Russia and its allies are on the other, President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia on Sunday laid out what he said would become his government’s guiding principles of foreign policy after its landmark conflict with Georgia – notably including a claim to a “privileged” sphere of influence in the world.
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I strongly believe that the country will be in another war a few weeks after Senator John McCain is sworn into office, should he win the election in November. That war will be with Iran, and perhaps, by extension, Russia even if between now and then, the Iranian regime finds a way to assuage the fears about its nuclear ambitions.
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