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9 September 2011The clock is ticking for the Assad regime
BY Samyukta Lakshman
As the Arab Spring consigns another dynastic autocrat to the annals of history, the focus shifts to Syria and its President Bashar al-Assad’s efforts to cling to power. For decades, Tagged Under Abhyankar , al-Assad , Alawite , Arab Spring , assad , Democracy , India-Syria , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Rajendra Abhyankar , reform , Syria |
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10 September 2011Europe after a decade
BY Shada Islam
Muslims were adamant that Al Qaeda and terrorism had nothing to do with their religion. Nobody believed them, however. It was a question of guilt by association. Images of Palestinians cheering Tagged Under 9/11 , Afghanistan , Al-qaeda , Barack Obama , Iraq , national security , New York , osama bin laden , Pakistan , terrorism , Twin Towers |
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10 September 2011Remember the horror of 9/11
BY Bangkok Post Editorial
The terrible events of September 11, 2001 are, in US President Barack Obama's words, "forever seared in the consciousness of our nation" and the passage of time will never diminish them. Such Tagged Under 9/11 , Afghanistan , Al-qaeda , Bangkok post , Barack Obama , Iraq , national security , New York , osama bin laden , Pakistan , terrorism , Thailand , Twin Towers |
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6 September 2011Making sense of 9/11
BY Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Amman - Over the past ten years, much has been written in an attempt to make sense of what happened on 11 September 2001. It is a difficult task. Analysing evil is not easy. Terror makes no sense Tagged Under 9/11 , Afghanistan , Al-qaeda , Barack Obama , Iraq , Jordan , national security , New York , osama bin laden , Pakistan , terrorism , Twin Towers |
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1 September 2011The price of 9/11
BY Joseph Stiglitz
NEW YORK – The September 11, 2001, terror attacks by Al Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined. President George W. Bush Tagged Under Al Qaeda , George. W. Bush , Iraq , Islamabad , Kabul , Middle East , osama bin laden , U.S , U.S Federal Reserve , war on terrorism |
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7 September 2011China’s Golden Decade
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As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the question on most people’s minds is: how has 9/11 changed the world? Tagged Under 9/11 , Asia , China , Economics , Iraq , United States , US , War on terror |
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4 September 2011China’s Challenge at Sea
BY Aaron L. Friedberg
America’s fiscal woes are placing the country on a path of growing strategic risk in Asia. With Democrats eager to protect social spending and Republicans anxious to avoid tax hikes, and Tagged Under Afghanistan , Beijing , Iraq , japan , pentagon , South Korea , Washington , Western Pacific |
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3 August 2011Maplecroft Terrorism Risk Index 2011
BY Maplecroft
New research has rated the fledgling state of South Sudan in the top five countries most at risk from terrorist attacks after Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan, whilst data also reveals that Tagged Under Afghanistan , Iraq , maplecroft , Pakistan , Somalia , South Sudan , terrorism , terrorism risk index , TRI |
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1 November 2011America's Pacific Century
BY U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to Tagged Under Afghanistan , American foreign policy , Asia , Iraq , United States , US |
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9 December 2011Exxon's deal with the Kurds inflames Baghdad
BY Patrick Cockburn
The bombshell exploded last month when Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company, defied the instructions of the Baghdad government and signed a deal with the Iraqi Kurds to search for oil in Tagged Under Exxon , Iraq , Kurds , oil , Regional Kurdish government |