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April 3, 2009

On Condoms, the Pope May Be Right

By Edward C. Green When Pope Benedict XVI commented this month that condom distribution isn’t helping, and may be worsening, – Read More...
April 3, 2009

“Guest Editorial” : In Defense of Genocide: An Arab Summit Embraces the Butcher of Darfur

The Washington Post For decades, summit meetings of the Arab League have resounded with rhetoric about the alleged “double standards” – Read More...
April 3, 2009

How (and Why) the US Should Help Build an ASEAN Economic Community

By Michael Plummer The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ agreement to create a unified market by 2015 is an extremely – Read More...
April 3, 2009

ADB Invests $140m in Indonesia Infrastructure

MANILA ~ The Asian Development Bank said this week it would invest US$140 million in an Indonesian government-backed fund to – Read More...
April 3, 2009

Strong Quake Hits Sumatra

JAKARTA ~ A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Sumatran province of Bengkulu on Wednesday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The – Read More...
April 3, 2009

Indonesia Should Drop Forest Carbon Credit Plan: Greenpeace

JAKARTA ~ Environmental group Greenpeace called on the government this week to drop plans to tackle global climate change with – Read More...
April 3, 2009

British Troops Begin Iraq Pullout

BASRA ~ British forces officially started to withdraw from Iraq this week, signalling the end of six years of military – Read More...
April 3, 2009

China, Iran Earn Poor Marks for Web Freedom: Rights Group

WASHINGTON ~ China’s “sophisticated and multi-layered” efforts to censor and control the internet earned it a “not free” rating by – Read More...
April 3, 2009

Iran Top Threat to Israel: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM ~ Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to an eventual nuclear-armed Iran on Tuesday as the biggest threat to – Read More...
April 3, 2009

US Abandons ‘War on Terror’

THE HAGUE ~ The new US administration of Barack Obama has discreetly abandoned the expression “war on terror” adopted by – Read More...