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Indigenous disadvantage nation's 'biggest blight': Beazley

Kim Beazley says the chronic problems in Aborginal communities is concerning for Australia. (ABC) The former leader of the ALP, Kim Beazley, says the situation in Indigenous communities is the biggest blight on Australia. Mr...

Hezbollah, an Imminent Danger

CIA Director Michael Hayden said last week that al-Qaida was still the largest threat to the United States. He added, "If there is a major strike on this country, it will bear the fingerprints of al-Qaida." But some analysts...

Did Iran Offer a 'Grand Bargain' in 2003?

Allegations have been made that in May 2003, Iran offered the United States a promising opportunity to resolve the nuclear and terrorism issues through diplomacy, but hard-liners in the Bush Administration turned it down.

Torturing Democracy

Torturing Democracy, a major documentary film more than 18 months in the making, has been airing on individual public television stations around the US since October — although PBS has been reluctant to air it nationally. The...

Obama's First Diplomatic Test: Keeping Cool with Russia (Time.com)

By MASSIMO CALABRESI / WASHINGTON Massimo Calabresi / Washington – Thu Nov 13, 1:50 pm ET As hard as his opponents tried to rattle Barack Obama during the presidential campaign, even their most blustery attacks usually left him...

"Nice Doggie"

From Massimo Calabresi at TIME: So did Obama's non-confrontational response impede progress on resolving the dispute with Moscow over missile defense? Probably not. Given the Democrat's ambiguous position on the issue, Russia...

Advice on Asia for Obama

Foreign policy bloggers and pundits are already gushing forth with advice for President-elect Barack Obama. Allow me to add some of my own, at least as far as Asia policy is concerned. The first bit of more general advice is to...

Support Diplomacy with Iran

Add your voice to those of FCNL supporters who are lobbying in Washington this week. Please urge your representative to speak and write to his or her constituents, colleagues, and the new administration about the need for...

Of that striped trial balloon

Of that striped trial balloon Wednesday, 12 November 2008 - The government promptly rejected the offer reiterating its position that no truce was possible unless the LTTE gave up arms. But, it was actually in 2003 that the LTTE...

ThreatsWatch.Org - RapidRecon: Dissent Is Highest Form Of Dissent

Dissent, we have been duly educated since 9/11 and President Bush’s 2004 re-election, is the highest form of patriotism. At what point, then, does dissent cross the line into criminality? Never, it seems, if one asks the...

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