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The "the", "on" operators are unnecessary.

Published: October 2, 2007, 9:25 pm

Tags: Academia, Books Movies Media, Business Economy, East Asia, Politics, China, Council On Foreign Relations, Don Oberdorfer, Dprk, Japan, Korea, North South Summit, Rok, Six Party Talks, Song Min Soon

the ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade says at the Council of Foreign Relations is his definition of a “bold and strategic move” or a “first move”. And then, there’s just the lie of omission about the Roh administration’s, and, generally, progressives’ concept of joint economic community.

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You Can Go Home Again

Published: November 20, 2007, 12:30 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Baghdad, Iraq, United Nations

As security improves in Baghdad, Iraqi refugees are returning to their homes--and to great uncertainty.

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For N. Koreans, China Imports Open Window To the World

Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: For, Koreans, China, Imports, Open, Window, The, World, North Korea, Kim Jong Il, Seoul, James Bond, United States, Hong Kong, Reuters Group Plc, Asia, Hollywood, Dongguk University, South Korea, U S Council On Foreign Relations, New York

SEOUL -- Cheap Chinese television sets and video players, together with pirated videotapes and DVDs, are lifting the lid on information reaching the North Korean people, according to defectors and experts on Kim Jong Il's dictatorship.

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A Helping Hand

Published: November 29, 2007, 4:42 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Africa, China

Contrary to how they're seen in the West, Chinese companies are a force for prosperity and peace in Africa, an expert says.

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Seoul Tilts Right

Published: December 20, 2007, 4:03 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, North Korea, South Korea, Seoul, Korean Politics, Politics, World Politics

Lee Myung-bak's victory in South Korea's presidential election is expected to lead to a harder line on North Korea

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'Almost Certainly Al Qaeda'

Published: December 27, 2007, 2:43 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Al Qaeda, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistani Politics, Politics, World Politics

A Pakistan analyst discusses who killed Benazir Bhutto and what her death will mean for Pakistan.

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Hollow Victory

Published: January 7, 2008, 6:01 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia, Elections And Voting, Politics, Georgian Politics, World Politics

Although they re-elected him, Georgian voters are disillusioned with their president

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Forget Terrorism

Published: January 15, 2008, 2:47 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Pakistan, India, Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, Economic Issues, Globalization

The news from Pakistan is all nuclear weapons and suicide bombers. But the average citizen cares much more about the economy.

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hope 2 die

Published: January 8, 2008, 1:59 pm

Tags: Royal Institute Of International Affairs, The Round Table, Council On Foreign Relations, Bill Clinton

Affairs and the Council on Foreign Relations. I would suggest he 1300 plus pages to any lover of history. So revealing and detailed, that it was pulled from bookshelves and its publication was halted for several decades. He spoke of what he called financial cpitalism and explained this tersley in his examples regarding the power of

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Ripple Effects

Published: January 19, 2008, 9:19 am

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Kenya, Somalia, Africa, Mwai Kibaki, U S Department Of State, Jendayi Frazer, Nigeria, U S Africa Command, Raila Odinga, African Politics, World Politics

In Kenya, a contested election has polarized the nation and sent shock waves across the region, says the United States' most senior diplomat on African affairs.

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Russia Pumps Tens of Millions Into Burnishing Image Abroad

Published: March 6, 2008, 12:00 am

Tags: Russia, Pumps, Tens, Millions, Into, Burnishing, Image, Abroad, Moscow Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, United States, Michael A Mcfaul, Ria Novosti, Stephen Sestanovich, U S Council On Foreign Relations, Asia, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Kasyanov, Svetlana Mironyuk, Vladimir Ryzhko

MOSCOW -- In early 2004, when Svetlana Mironyuk became director general of the Russian news and information agency RIA Novosti, she discovered that the descendant of the Soviet Union's global propaganda machine was dying on its feet.

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War Drums in the Andes

Published: March 5, 2008, 12:47 pm

Tags: The Council On Foreign Relations, Farc, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador

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Estimates to Undergo More Scrutiny

Published: March 26, 2008, 12:00 am

Tags: Estimates, Undergo, More, Scrutiny, Thomas Fingar, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Colin Powell, Mike Mcconnell, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran, Johns Hopkins University, National Intelligence Board, U S Council On Foreign Relations, U S Departm

After attracting repeated controversy, a premier product of the nation's intelligence community -- the National Intelligence Estimate -- is getting a makeover by senior intelligence officials to improve its credibility.

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Estimates to Undergo More Scrutiny

Published: March 26, 2008, 12:00 am