Politics
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Jihadis in KashmirThe Politics of an Earthquake
The Kashmir earthquake exposed deep fractures in Pakistani politics. As the state was paralysed and unable to help, the efforts of radical Islamist groups, the Jihadis, won accolades from anguished survivors.
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International Investigation in Lebanon
High Expectations on Mehlis Report
On October 20 the senior public prosecutor at the German attorney general's office, Detlev Mehlis, will present the UN with his report on the assassination of the Lebanese Prime Minister. But it is still unclear if the report will resolve the case. By Bernhard Hillenkamp
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Elif Shafak
There Is No Clash of Civilizations
There Is No Clash of Civilizations between Europe and Turkey; rather there is a clash of opinions within Turkey itself, crystallized in a collision between those who are state-oriented and those who are civil-society-oriented, writes Elif Shafak
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Afghanistan after the Parliamentary Election
Warlords and Fundamentalists Are the Winners
While no official results have as yet been made available for the Afghan elections, provisionally published lists indicate that powerful warlords and local commanders with links to the drug cartels have emerged victorious. Ratbil Shamel reports
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Exodus from Africa
The Search for a Better Life
Those who risk their lives to trek thousands of kilometres through the Sahara desert to get to the North African coast and make their way to Europe must have sound reasons for doing so. In his commentary, Dominic Johnson names them
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Migration to Europe
Battling against the Fortress Mentality
In recent days, hundreds of Africans have tried to scale the border fences to the Spanish enclaves in Morocco. In his commentary, Peter Philipp suggests that the time has come to set up a system of regulated immigration
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EU/Turkey
Turkey Bids Schröder a Fond Farewell
German Chancellor Schröder is paying a farewell visit to Turkey, where he enjoys popularity due to his support for Turkey's EU membership bid. The same can not be said for Schröder's successor, Angela Merkel. Dorian Jones reports
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Tourism and Terrorism
The Political Factor in Traveling
To fight terrorism effectively, we have to understand and analyze it, Ala Al-Hamarneh says. In his article he is looking at how tourism and terrorism are means of communication and at what they are signifying
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Analysis Faraj Sarkohi
100 Days Ahmadinejad in Office
Ahmadinejad's 17 million voters are waiting impatiently for their president to turn his election promise into action by fighting poverty, corruption and unemployment in Iran. It's precisely in these areas that he comes up against embittered opposition
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Background Jan McGirk
Bali's Agony, Thailand's Turmoil
Bali's latest bombings and southern Thailand's insurgency reflect the pressures of southeast Asia's political and cultural border-zones.
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EU Accession Negotiations with Turkey
Erdogan's Obstacle Course towards Joining the European Union
Now that the EU has officially announced the start of accession negotiations, the Turkish leadership must prove that it can resolve the many obstacles facing its EU membership. Ömer Erzeren summarizes the sticking points
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Commentary Baha Güngör
EU-Turkey Project Hardly Realistic
Negotiations for Turkey's possible entry to the European Union are rocky even before they have started. Baha Güngör believes that the EU-Turkey project doesn't have a realistic chance
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