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Mar 13, 2013	Death to Whistle-Blowers? (Op-Ed) QUOTE: ...Private Manning still faces trial on the most serious charges, including the potential capital offense of “aiding the enemy” — though the prosecution is not seeking the death penalty in this case, “only” a life sentence. If successful, the prosecution will establish a chilling precedent: national security leaks may subject the leakers to a capital prosecution or at least life imprisonment. Anyone who holds freedom of the press dear should shudder at the threat that the prosecution’s theory presents to journalists, their sources and the public that relies on them.	New York Times
Feb 20, 2013	Trial Offers Rare Look at Work of Hezbollah in Europe QUOTE: less than two weeks after he was taken into custody, a bomb blew up alongside a bus at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian driver — an attack similar to the one he seemed to be planning, experts say, and one that the Bulgarian authorities later tied to Hezbollah.....significance for the European Union, which has thus far resisted following Washington’s lead in declaring the group a terrorist organization.	New York Times
Feb 23, 2012	World shouldn't stay silent in face of Syrian regime's brutality QUOTE: The very fact that an indigenous internal struggle for democracy could emerge in one of the worst police states in the Arab world and be sustained for so long is both mind-boggling and inspiring. The heroic struggle in Syria today represents the best of the human spirit. It is fundamentally about the most basic political value we take for granted in the West, the right of a people to self-determination.	CNN (Cable News Network)
Nov 11, 2011	Arms and the Corrupt Man QUOTE: Governments protect corrupt and dangerous arms dealers as long as they need them and then throw them behind bars when they are no longer useful.	New York Times
Sep 03, 2011	Turkey to challenge Gaza blockade at International Court of Justice: Turkish announcement appears to rebuff attempts by UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon to end its row with Israel QUOTE: Turkey is to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice....Ban said today that the two countries should accept the recommendations of a UN report that... Israel had used "excessive and unreasonable" force to stop the flotilla approaching Gaza, but that it was justified in maintaining a naval blockade on the Palestinian enclave.	Guardian Unlimited
Jul 25, 2011	Question of Birth Becomes One of President’s Power QUOTE: In 2002, [Congress] directed the State Department to “record the place of birth as Israel” in passports of American children born in Jerusalem if their parents ask. President George W. Bush signed that bill...But Mr. Bush also said he would not obey it.	New York Times
Jul 23, 2011	Pakistan Spies on Its Diaspora, Spreading Fear QUOTE: compared with countries like China and Russia...the ISI’s operations here are less extensive and less sophisticated... Even so, officials and scholars say the ISI campaign extends to issuing both tacit and overt threats against those who speak critically about the military.	New York Times
Jul 18, 2011	Are some countries abusing Interpol? QUOTE: Some of these nations are using Red Notices to pursue political opponents or economic targets, according to a five-month investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Because of the way Interpol is structured, there can be little recourse for those who are unjustly targeted.	CNN (Cable News Network)
Jul 09, 2011	South Sudanese celebrate the birth of their nation QUOTE: South Sudan's sovereignty officially breaks Africa's largest nation into two, the result of a January referendum overwhelmingly approved by voters. The referendum was part of a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war pitting a government dominated by Arab Muslims in the north against black Christians and animists in the south.	CNN (Cable News Network)
Jun 18, 2011	Is Omar Hassan al-Bashir Up to Genocide Again? QUOTE: As is the case in most violent conflicts across the globe, civilians (men, women, children babies, elderly) suffer most grievously. This is particularly true in Sudan because of Bashir’s propensity for targeting an entire population of a region and not just those engaged in fighting his troops.	New York Times
Jun 17, 2011	U.N. council passes gay rights resolution QUOTE: In what the U.S. State Department is calling a "historic step," the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a resolution Friday supporting equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. The resolution, introduced by South Africa, is the first-ever U.N. resolution on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons.	CNN (Cable News Network)
May 31, 2011	Pentagon to Consider Cyberattacks Acts of War QUOTE: The Pentagon, trying to create a formal strategy to deter cyberattacks on the United States, plans to issue a new strategy soon declaring that a computer attack from a foreign nation can be considered an act of war that may result in a military response.	New York Times
May 31, 2011	‘Frozen Conflict’ Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Begins to Boil QUOTE: Since the early 1990s, Azerbaijan has been trying to regain control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian enclave within its borders, and secure the return of ethnic Azeris who were forced from their homes by war. A cease-fire has held since 1994...	New York Times
May 23, 2011	In Europe, Rifts Widen Over Greece QUOTE: Fissures among Europe’s currency partners are becoming even deeper and more widespread than was previously evident, raising new doubts about whether the group can resolve the regional debt crisis that has simmered for more than a year.	New York Times
May 14, 2011	As Rift Deepens, Kerry Has a Warning for Pakistan QUOTE: The United States and Pakistan are veering toward a deeper clash, with Pakistan’s Parliament demanding a permanent halt to all drone strikes just as the most senior American official since the killing of Osama bin Laden is to arrive with a stern message that the country has only months to show it is committed to rooting out Al Qaeda and associated groups.	New York Times
Apr 28, 2011	U.S. Envoy Sees ‘Backsliding’ of Human Rights in China QUOTE: United States was worried by “a serious backsliding” of freedoms in China and at loggerheads with Beijing officials over many aspects of the issue.	New York Times
Apr 17, 2011	Victor Toro, Tortured in Chile, Fights Deportation QUOTE: A well-known advocate for immigrants and the needy in New York, Mr. Toro has been in and out of immigration court for nearly four years, unsuccessfully battling a deportation order and trying to win asylum.	New York Times
Feb 25, 2011	Huawei Calls on U.S. to Investigate Accusations QUOTE: ...Huawei complained that its push into the United States had been undermined by false allegations and mistaken suspicions that the company had close ties with the Chinese government and the military and that the privately owned company did not respect intellectual property rights.	New York Times
Jan 14, 2011	Joy as Tunisian President Flees Offers Lesson to Arab Leaders QUOTE: The protests’ success gripped a region whose residents have increasingly complained of governments that seem incapable of meeting their demands and are bereft of any ideology except perpetuating power. The combustible mix that inspired them — economic woes and revulsion at corruption and repression — seemed to echo in so many other countries in the Middle East...	New York Times
Jan 13, 2011	For Hezbollah, Claiming Victory Could Be Costly QUOTE: Hezbollah and its allies acted on longstanding threats Wednesday to bring down Lebanon’s national unity government in a dispute over a United Nations-backed tribunal, which is expected to indict Hezbollah members in the assassination of a former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.	New York Times
Dec 23, 2010	U.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations QUOTE: Despite sanctions and trade embargoes, over the past decade the United States government has allowed American companies to do billions of dollars in business with Iran and other countries blacklisted as state sponsors of terrorism...At the behest of a host of companies — from Kraft Food and Pepsi to some of the nation’s largest banks — a little-known office of the Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 licenses for deals...	New York Times
Dec 14, 2010	To Conquer Wind Power, China Writes the Rules QUOTE: Chinese companies acquire the latest Western technology by various means and then take advantage of government policies to become the world’s dominant, low-cost suppliers. It is a pattern that many economists say could be repeated in other fields, like high-speed trains and nuclear reactors, unless China changes the way it plays the technology development game — or is forced to by its global trading partners.	New York Times
Dec 11, 2010	Climate Talks End With Modest Deal on Emissions QUOTE: The package known as the Cancún Agreements gives the more than 190 countries participating in the conference another year to decide whether to extend the frayed Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 agreement that requires most wealthy nations to trim their emissions while providing assistance to developing countries to pursue a cleaner energy future.	New York Times
Nov 28, 2010	Leaked Cables Offer Raw Look at U.S. Diplomacy QUOTE: A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at back-room bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats.	New York Times
Jun 24, 2010	Talks on reducing whale hunting break down QUOTE: Three years of talks aimed at reducing whaling activity by Japan, Norway and Iceland broke down Wednesday, leaving management of the population of the world's largest animals essentially in the hands of whale hunters.	Washington Post
Jun 11, 2010	To Save Africa, Reject Its Nations QUOTE: Buttressed by the legality and impunity that international sovereignty conferred upon their actions, too many of Africa’s politicians and officials twisted the normal activities of a state beyond recognition, transforming mundane tasks like policing, lawmaking and taxation into weapons of extortion.	New York Times
Jun 02, 2010	New Israeli Tack Needed on Gaza, U.S. Officials Say QUOTE: The Obama administration considers Israel’s blockade of Gaza to be untenable and plans to press for another approach to ensure Israel’s security while allowing more supplies into the impoverished Palestinian area....Since the botched raid that killed nine activists on Monday, the Israeli government has said that the blockade was necessary to protect Israel against the infiltration into Gaza of weapons and fighters sponsored by Iran.	New York Times
May 27, 2010	South Korea’s Collective Shrug QUOTE: Most people now accept North Korea’s responsibility for the sinking that killed Mr. Mun and 45 other sailors....[South Koreans'] urge to give the North Koreans the benefit of the doubt is in marked contrast to the public fury that erupted after the killings of two South Korean schoolgirls by an American military vehicle in 2002...	New York Times
May 23, 2010	Korean Tensions Grow as South Curbs Trade to North QUOTE: Tensions escalated sharply Monday on the Korean peninsula, as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said that his nation would cut nearly all trade with North Korea, deny North Korean merchant ships use of South Korean sea lanes and ask the United Nations Security Council to punish the North for what he called the deliberate sinking of a South Korean warship two months ago.	New York Times
May 16, 2010	Afghan reconciliation strategy should reflect Pashtun culture QUOTE: Conflicts start because of an insult to a tribe's honor, which requires a rite of revenge known as badal. The fighting continues until scores are settled and the combatants are exhausted. It's the mechanism of conflict resolution that's intriguing, in terms of U.S. strategy. Reconciliation begins with a process of repentance...	Washington Post
Apr 30, 2010	The Bitter Pills in the Plan to Rescue Greece QUOTE: Racing to secure financial aid and avoid a debt default, the Greek government has agreed to austerity measures totaling 24 billion euros (about $32 billion) that will include cutting some workers’ pay and some public sector jobs as well as opening up parts of the economy, Greek officials said Friday.	New York Times
Apr 04, 2010	How to use Afghan culture to devise a political strategy -- and exit QUOTE: a precept of military strategy to explain his mission: "The object of war is a fair peace." Lamb argues that the first hints of how this war will end can be seen in a loose and sometimes inchoate process of signaling that involves the various Afghan parties to the conflict, the neighboring countries such as Pakistan and the U.S.-led coalition.	Washington Post
Nov 14, 2009	No Parade for Hans QUOTE: The German men and women in Afghanistan set off for war without the support of the populace, and they know that when they return there won’t be crowds cheering in the streets, ready to make heroes of them. Germany has turned its back on hero worship. The soldiers fight alone.	New York Times
Sep 20, 2009	Diplomatic Immunity Leaves Abused Workers in Shadows QUOTE: A July 2008 Government Accountability Office report identified 42 cases of abuse by diplomats over an eight-year period but emphasized that the actual number was probably higher.	Washington Post
Sep 02, 2009	Report Details Misbehavior by Kabul Embassy Guards QUOTE: Private security contractors who guard the U.S. Embassy in Kabul have engaged in lewd behavior and hazed subordinates, demoralizing the undermanned force and posing a "significant threat" to security at a time when the Taliban is intensifying attacks in the Afghan capital, according to an investigation	Washington Post
Aug 21, 2009	In South Korea, Freed U.S. Journalists Come Under Harsh Criticism QUOTE: in South Korea, human rights advocates, bloggers and Christian pastors are accusing them [the two freed U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, freed from North Korea] of needlessly endangering the very people they tried to cover: North Korean refugees and the activists who help them.	New York Times
Aug 10, 2009	Refugees' plea to US forces in Iraq: protect us: Human rights lawyers say the US should intervene to safeguard the Iranians at Camp Ashraf, which was raided by Iraqi security forces July 28. QUOTE: Human rights lawyers for a group of Iranian refugees living in Iraq who appear to have been brutally beaten by Iraqi security forces last month want the US military to intervene on their behalf.	Christian Science Monitor
Aug 07, 2009	Corrupt Democracy in India QUOTE: new reports documenting the pervasive abuses committed by the Indian police are providing firsthand evidence not only of warrantless arrests... but also the complicity of parties and political leaders who have turned police and paramilitary forces in a number of [Indian] states into bodyguard agencies and private armies.	Nation
Jul 31, 2009	U.S. Criticized for Extraditing Minor Colombian Drug Suspects QUOTE: A range of critics -- defense lawyers, analysts and even a former American ambassador who once strongly advocated extradition here -- are questioning a policy that they say has gone beyond targeting drug kingpins to scooping up players on the periphery of the narcotics trade	Washington Post
Jul 31, 2009	As Iraq war ends, why isn't the US in on more business deals? Countries that opposed the American intervention now top the list of those probing economic opportunities in post-Hussein Iraq. QUOTE: Iraq is signing billions of dollars in contracts with foreign firms to help rebuild the country, while private companies are forging partnerships with Iraqi businesses to provide the country with a lengthy backlog of needed goods. But Americans are largely absent from the bidding and the dealmaking, according to Iraqi officials.	Christian Science Monitor
Jul 23, 2009	How to stay in charge: A special report on the Arab world QUOTE: director of the Almishkat Centre for Research and Training in Cairo, Mr Fergany is no less furious with the Arab regimes, which he accuses of doing everything in their power to obstruct democracy and social justice. In most Arab countries, he says, the political order is oppressive and democracy a sham, a hollow system incapable of accommodating the vitality of the people.	Economist
Jul 22, 2009	Rights Group Accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘Gross’ Abuses QUOTE: The human rights group Amnesty International accused Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of using its campaign against terrorism as a facade for “a sustained assault on human rights...”	New York Times
Jul 08, 2009	Treaty Conveys Little Power to Break Swiss Bank Secrecy QUOTE: A new treaty touted as helping U.S. law enforcement crack Swiss bank secrecy may do little to help authorities achieve a prime objective: exposing tax evaders.	Washington Post
Jul 02, 2009	Honduras Targets Protesters With Emergency Decree: Media in Country Also Feel Pressure QUOTE: The new Honduran government clamped down on street protests and news organizations Wednesday as lawmakers passed an emergency decree that limits public gatherings following the military-led coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office.	Washington Post
Jun 23, 2009	As China Stirs Economy, Some See Protectionism QUOTE: the Chinese government has quietly started adopting policies aimed at encouraging exports while curbing imports, even though China, as one of the world’s largest exporters, has aggressively criticized protectionism in other countries.	New York Times
Jun 18, 2009	Guatemalan Children In Limbo of Orphanages: Parents Push U.S. Officials to Help QUOTE: Marcela and an estimated 700 other children are languishing in orphanages there [Guatemala] as their [adoption] cases wend through a maze of legal hurdles and bureaucratic snags.	Washington Post
Jun 16, 2009	Signs of Fraud Abound, But Not Hard Evidence QUOTE: There are many signs of manipulation or outright fraud in Iran's disputed election results... but the case for a rigged outcome is far from ironclad...	Washington Post
Jun 10, 2009	N. Korean Women Who Flee to China Suffer in Stateless Limbo: Many Are Sold Into Marriage QUOTE: North Korea regards them [North Korean women] as criminals for leaving. China refuses to recognize them as refugees, sending many back to face interrogation, hard labor and sometimes torture.	Washington Post
Jun 06, 2009	Romancing the Stones QUOTE: In the noisy debate over the restitution of ancient artworks to their original locale, no case is more controversial or inflamed than the question of the [Greek] Parthenon marbles: should the British finally send them back?	Newsweek
Jun 01, 2009	Israel and U.S. Can’t Close Split on Settlements ABSTRACT: The Israeli population of the West Bank.... The settlers live among 2.5 million Palestinians in about 120 settlements, which much of the world considers a violation of international law...	New York Times

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