Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq top index of weak states

"Somalia, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq are the four weakest states in the world, according to an index of fragile nations released by two U.S. think tanks on Tuesday. The Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development ranked 141...

Tale of two cities: Biloxi and New Orleans

"n the Lower 9th Ward, Robert Green Sr., 52, who lost his mother and granddaughter during the storm, feels like the government has failed him. He's still waiting to receive his money from Louisiana's Road Home...

Iraq, Brookings And The US Democratic Partisans Of War

When Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack returned from Iraq they wrote in the "International Herald Tribune" on July 30 (1): "The political debate in Washington is surreal. The Bush administration has...

The Forgotten Holocaust

Taiwanese commemorate 60th Anniversary of massacreToday marks the 60th Anniversary of the 228 Incident, a large-scale protest against Chinese Nationalist rule that led to the deaths of nearly 28 000 people on...

U.S. Population On Track To 300 Million

About 40 percent of U.S. population growth comes from immigration, both legal and illegal, according to the Census Bureau.

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