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    Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Netanyahu's choices

    As President Barack Obama begins his second term, he faces a series of Middle East challenges far more daunting than when he began his presidency in 2009. These problems include:
    As President Barack Obama begins his second term, he faces a series of Middle East challenges far more daunting than when he began his presidency in 2009. These problems include: •what to do about the Arab-Israeli conflict, with peace talks between...

    Tags: Likud, Culture, Israel, Peace Negotiations, Barack Obama

    2. Feb 5, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  2. Military interventions rarely fulfill their goals

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- Military interventions by powerful nations into lesser ones, such as now continues in Mali (and Afghanistan), and is being urged by many into the Syrian civil war, are inherently reckless since even the most powerful states can have the whole...

    Tags: Vietnam, Mali, Bashar Assad, Entertainment, Russia

    3. Jan 31, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  3. War is like rust

    Victor Davis Hanson
    War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm. Throughout history, we have seen that war can sometimes be avoided or postponed, or its effects mitigated -- usually through a balance of power, alliances and...

    Tags: South Korea, United Nations, Afghanistan, Victor Davis Hanson, Iran

    4. Jan 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. France, Western allies likely to be mired in Mali for years

    French troops backing a Mali government campaign to retake the northern half of the country from Islamic militants have been cheered as liberators since their convoys rolled into historic Timbuktu this week and hundreds of paratroopers dropped from the sky to block the occupiers' escape.
    French troops backing a Mali government campaign to retake the northern half of the country from Islamic militants have been cheered as liberators since their convoys rolled into historic Timbuktu this week and hundreds of paratroopers dropped from the...

    Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Mali, France, United Nations, Islam

    5. Jan 29, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  5. Jihadism in N. Africa gets US attention

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- I watched some of the Washington Sunday political talk shows this week on international television. The participants' main foreign preoccupation seemed to be the potential threat to America of al-Qaida of the Islamic Maghreb and the other bands...

    Tags: Religious Conflicts, France, Arts and Culture, Islam, U.S. Department of Defense

    6. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and keeping his Muslim Brotherhood party happy with anti-American rhetoric.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...

    Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Bashar Assad, Interreligious Dialogue, Suez Canal, Israel

    7. Jan 25, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Questions that need asking

    WASHINGTON -- Republicans wanted nothing more than to summon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill and grill her about the tragic fiasco in Benghazi. Sadly for them, they got their wish.
    WASHINGTON -- Republicans wanted nothing more than to summon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill and grill her about the tragic fiasco in Benghazi. Sadly for them, they got their wish. Clinton's smooth and confident performance at...

    Tags: Benghazi, Mali, Christopher Stevens, Religious Conflicts, France

    8. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Morocco poised to stop exonerating rapists who marry victims

    Nearly a year after a Moroccan teen took her life after being wed to her rapist, the country is poised to change a law allowing "seducers" to escape prosecution by marrying their victims.
    Nearly a year after a Moroccan teen took her life after being wed to her rapist, the country is poised to change a law allowing "seducers" to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. Rights activists were heartened by Justice Minister Mustapha...

    Tags: Activism, Justice and Rights, Criminals, Feminism, Crime, Law and Justice

    9. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. A Pyrrhic victory?

    Algerian forces claimed a decisive victory this weekend over al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militants who took over a giant natural gas plant near the country's border with Mali last week and threatened to kill hostages and blow up the facility. But the...

    Tags: Mali, Muammar Gaddafi, France, Rebellions, Energy Resources

    10. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Mailbag: Costa Mesa homeless deserve dignity

    I was shocked and saddened to learn that two homeless people died alone on a frigid night last week in Costa Mesa ("2 homeless people found dead," Jan. 16). Every person deserves dignity. Every person deserves help. It prompted me to research Costa Mesa'...

    Tags: Lobbying, Interior Policy, Politics, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control

    11. Jan 19, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Algerian assault ends crisis, 19 hostages dead

    AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign governments. At least 19 hostages and 29 Islamist militants have been killed.
    AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign...

    Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Computer Crime, Kidnapping, Mali, William Hague

    12. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. In Africa, resilient Al Qaeda flaunts power to terrorize

    A deadly hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex and an armed international confrontation in Mali herald the opening of another front in the global war on terrorism and serve as stark reminders that Al Qaeda retains the power to inflict death and disorder despite the loss of its leader.
    A deadly hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex and an armed international confrontation in Mali herald the opening of another front in the global war on terrorism and serve as stark reminders that Al Qaeda retains the power to inflict death and...

    Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Mali, Religious Conflicts, France, United Nations

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