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Holdout Vaclav Klaus signs Lisbon Treaty creating EU super-state. Brief article Nov 23, 2009 310
US Rep. Cantor: Answer Enemies with Renewed Vigilance'. Brief article Nov 10, 2009 84
Economic apartheid lives on! Commey, Pusch Nov 1, 2009 1486
When Buganda turned violent. Asiimwe, Agnes Nov 1, 2009 1372
Will Assad Take Back Golan At Any Cost? Brief article Oct 5, 2009 267
West Bank elections: a party atmosphere surrounded these elections that saw controversial names voted out, and some equally controversial ones voted in. Buttu, Diana Oct 1, 2009 1017
Gaddafi celebrates 40 years at Libya's helm; forty years after the revolutionary coup that brought him to power on 1 September 1969, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (Brother Leader, as he likes to be known) is thriving. Oct 1, 2009 1024
COLOMBIA: THIRD TERM CLOSER FOR PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE. Sep 18, 2009 1608
New cabinet to take helm on Thursday. Sep 8, 2009 403
The lights keep going off in Venezuela. Brief article Sep 7, 2009 161
IRAN - Aug 20 - Ahmadi-Nejad Nominates Allies To Cabinet. Aug 22, 2009 434
ECUADOR: CITIZENS' REVOLUTION A WESTERN REVOLUTION. Saavedra, Luis Angel Aug 14, 2009 1402
'Time to do business with Robert Mugabe'. Holman, Michael Aug 1, 2009 957
Tsvangirai 'those who accept me have to accept Mugabe'. Sasa, Mabasa Aug 1, 2009 2380
Inside Eritrea: Matthew J. Morgan has been to Eritrea and reports about a country that appears to have been forgotten by time. Unlike in neighbouring Somalia, where pirate activity has commanded the world's attention, there is scant interest in Eritrea's woes. Morgan, Matthew J. Aug 1, 2009 1445
PERU: AMAZONIAN INDIGENOUS ALLEGE PERSECUTION. Jana, Elsa Chanduvi Jul 24, 2009 1653
Farce and tragedy. Jul 6, 2009 698
What legacy the Special Court. Penfold, Peter Excerpt Jul 1, 2009 4309
When two brothers fight ... Ebow Godwin reports on the disquiet in the Togolese capital, Lome, as a half-brother of the president is accused of staging a coup to overthrow him. Godwin, Ebow Jul 1, 2009 862
LEBANON - June 27 - Saad Hariri Set To Be PM. Jun 27, 2009 550
Obama met with the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan, whose security problems are conjoined. Brief article Jun 8, 2009 245
Day after day, week after week, the lights go out in Venezuela. Brief article Jun 8, 2009 59
Electoral reforms, but we are Nigerians! Obayiuwana, Osasu Jun 1, 2009 2351
Prosecuting the prosecutor: the collapse of Zambian Airways has not only led to job losses and a missing link in the economy, but also a protracted battle in which the airline's owners, politicians and a popular private newspaper are engaged. While the fall of the airline is a business matter, politics is also playing a role in this whole saga. Austin Mbewe reports. Mbewe, Austin Jun 1, 2009 1283
After Souter. May 25, 2009 498
PALESTINE - May 19 - Abbas Swears In New Hamas-Free Government. May 23, 2009 348
There may be trouble ahead ... May 1, 2009 2740
Obama has sent what the New York Times describes as a "secret letter" to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev. Brief article Apr 6, 2009 152
Israel Govt Deadline Extended. Brief article Mar 23, 2009 175
In a closely watched case in California's Ninth Circuit federal appeals court, the Obama Justice Department reaffirmed the Bush administration's assertion of the state-secrets privilege in order to block a civil lawsuit brought on behalf of five men who claim they were kidnapped by the CIA and dispatched to countries that tortured them. Brief article Mar 9, 2009 210
On May 9, 2001, President Bush unveiled his first set of nominees to the federal appellate bench. Brief article Feb 9, 2009 200
Eating with the enemy. Brief article Feb 1, 2009 236
Laws made, amended and broken. Buttu, Diana Jan 1, 2009 1205
One key word: change. Cattivelli, Adrian Jan 1, 2009 405
Uruguayan Congress supports abortion rights, President issues veto. Brief article Dec 22, 2008 165
Barack Obama's reported selection of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state shows a few things about him. Dec 15, 2008 177
This is change we can believe in, or at least respect: Barack Obama wants to keep Bob Gates as secretary of defense. Brief article Dec 15, 2008 100
By naming Greg Craig as White House counsel, Obama has gotten himself a skillful lawyer--Craig led Bill Clinton's impeachment defense. Brief article Dec 15, 2008 145
It's said that Barack Obama has chosen to go the good cop/bad cop route in running his White House. Brief article Dec 1, 2008 213
PALESTINE - Nov 24 - Bank Alone Could Go To Polls. Nov 29, 2008 556
Europe. Brief article Nov 3, 2008 56
President Obama to recognize code talkers. Brief article Nov 1, 2008 93
PALESTINE - Oct 22 - Abbas Sacks Key Official Ahead Of Fatah-Hamas Talks. Brief article Oct 25, 2008 302
AFGHANISTAN - Oct 11 - Afghan President Reshuffles Cabinet Posts. Oct 18, 2008 783
Kabul For Talks With Taliban & Joint Afghan-Pak-US Offensive On Extremists. Oct 6, 2008 985
An open letter to the next President; Agenda for a new Administration. Woodwell, William H. Cover story Oct 1, 2008 325
Assessing the 2008 Zimbabwean elections. Hamill, James; Hoffman, John Sep 22, 2008 4797
Emirati President bans the series "Sa'doon Al Awaji". Brief article Sep 17, 2008 212
Back in the USSR: two decades after the end of the Cold War, Belarus has yet to warm to democratic capitalism--for good and ill. Hitchens, Peter Country overview Sep 8, 2008 2709
President Bush abandoned his veto threat and signed a housing bill that offers a federal bailout to the lenders and borrowers who helped inflate the housing bubble and now find themselves struggling to stay afloat. Brief article Aug 18, 2008 141
Uribe to the rescue: Colombia's president is winning the battle for his country's future. Reich, Otto Aug 18, 2008 2379
New hurdles hamper Libya's rehabilitation: Libya's president, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, was a global pariah when Saddam Hussein was still the West's best friend. But how times change. Between Saddam Hussein being captured, tried and hanged, the Libyan president had remodelled himself and his country to emerge as shining examples of total rehabilitation in the eyes of the world. Seymour, Richard Jun 1, 2008 1373
Iran With Its Gas Seeks Energy Integration With Pakistan & India; But USA Is Opposed:. May 12, 2008 915
Syria-Israel Bargaining, Via Turkey, Promises Hot Summer In Lebanon & Iran. May 5, 2008 860
Assad's Price. Brief article May 5, 2008 319
Nigeria: not yet at ease. Barrett, Lindsay May 1, 2008 1705
Iran insider. Seymour, Richard May 1, 2008 1332
Peres Blames 'Weak' Palestinian Leadership. Apr 21, 2008 399
Cockroached. Brief article Apr 1, 2008 338
The corruption of democracy in Venezuela: under Pres. Hugo Chavez's regime the last nine years, corruption has reached heights undreamed of by even the greediest of despots, as the people of Venezuela have been fleeced out of billions of dollars. Coronel, Gustavo Mar 1, 2008 3671
Courage in Pakistan. Davison, Charles B. Mar 1, 2008 2307
Superpresidentialism and the military: the Russian variant. Barany, Zoltan Essay Mar 1, 2008 12919
The most dangerous nation in the world? A nuclear-armed U.S. ally, Pakistan has been in turmoil for months: Why Washington, and the world, are so worried about what lies ahead. Smith, Patricia Feb 11, 2008 1537
IRAN - Feb 4 - Iran Unveils Space Center, Launches Rocket. Feb 9, 2008 687
South Africa: it's getting dirty! Commey, Pusch Feb 1, 2008 2112
Mubarak's Option. Jan 28, 2008 363
Relating to Iran ... and the world. Hagel, Chuck Jan 1, 2008 4023
Governance in Russia: what's the problem? Keeping, Janet Jan 1, 2008 1210
The 27th GCC Summit: and guess who came to dinner? Darwish, Adel Jan 1, 2008 1588
A native stranger in Freetown: Fred Kamara, a consulting social scientist, is a Sierra Leonean living in London. After a recent one-month visit to his motherland, he writes about his impressions of the country and what the new government can do to make it better. Kamara, Fred Travel narrative Jan 1, 2008 1276
Biya's 25 years in power: Cameroonians are divided as President Paul Biya marks 25 years in office. Tansa Musa reports from Yaounde. Musa, Tansa Jan 1, 2008 597
Assad Under Internal Pressure. Dec 24, 2007 1632
PALESTINE - Dec 5 - Abbas Rejects Concept Of Provisional Palestinian State. Brief article Dec 8, 2007 240
Cote d'Ivoire: how Houphouet's house of sand collapsed (2). Duodu, Cameron Dec 1, 2007 2119
Bling, Iranian-style: Nasrin Alavi returns to Tehran to take the temperature of a country under threat. Alavi, Nasrin Essay Dec 1, 2007 1883
Pasdaran power: the US Congress brands Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist organisation as it tightens its grip on the Islamic Republic's economy and builds political muscle. Blanche, Ed Nov 1, 2007 2529
Zimbabwe: burying the truth; Hajia Aminata Sow, a retired Guinean jurist and historian, spent six months in Zimbabwe earlier this year, and, encouraged by the "Zimbabwe debate" in our last issue, writes about what she saw during her visit. Sow, Hajia Aminata Nov 1, 2007 2826
South Africa: the Scorpions vs the police boss. Commey, Pusch Nov 1, 2007 1323
Libya edges in from the cold. Land, Thomas Oct 1, 2007 975
Old fears die hard: Sudeshna Sarkar reports from Istanbul. Sarkar, Sudeshna Oct 1, 2007 1236
Russia builds fuel-bank for Middle East reactors. Land, Thomas Oct 1, 2007 1225
Debating Zimbabwe. Oct 1, 2007 4770
The 'sick man of Europe' resurges. Rasizade, Alec Sep 22, 2007 7101
Executive clemency or bureaucratic discretion? Two models of the pardons process. Erler, H. Abbie Sep 1, 2007 9558
The political fallout of taking a stand: the President, Congress, and the Schiavo case. Haider-Markel, Donald P.; Carr, Carol K. Sep 1, 2007 8630
The Contemporary Presidency: Who Wants Presidential Supremacy? Findings from the Institutions of American Democracy Project. Aberbach, Joel D.; Peterson, Mark A.; Quirk, Paul J. Sep 1, 2007 7492
The Law: Executive Order 13422: an expansion of presidential influence in the rulemaking process. Copeland, Curtis W. Sep 1, 2007 7274
A dreadful tale of squalor and injustice tells you all you need to know about Muammar Qaddafi and the way he runs Libya. Brief article Aug 27, 2007 207
The ISI. Jul 1, 2007 1040
A tale of two Vaclavs. Kraus, Michael Jun 22, 2007 2501
Progress in Abidjan. Brief article May 1, 2007 236
PERU: ALAN GARCIA PEREZ INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT. Aug 18, 2006 1323
President's claim to be above the law evokes objection. McManus, John F. Brief article Apr 17, 2006 70
Who rules logistics? service versus COCOM authority. Paparone, Christopher R. Nov 1, 2005 2147
Protocol. Brief Article Nov 1, 2005 100
The grand old spending party. Slivinski, Stephen Jul 1, 2005 4673
Syria's leader consolidates power. Brief Article Apr 18, 2005 62
VENEZUELA: PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ CONSOLIDATES POWER IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Nov 19, 2004 1154
The new czar? President Putin at his second inauguration, at the Kremlin in Moscow in May. Since becoming President in 1999, he has rolled back democratic reforms. Myers, Steven Lee Cover Story Nov 15, 2004 1697
The Gambia: for whom the bell tolls; Momodu Musa Secka reports on a new anti-corruption commission making waves in The Gambia. Secka, Momodu Musa Oct 1, 2004 413

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