Friendly Internet Spider-Man
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"Black sheep" participate in political debate
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The soft power of the United Nations
Joseph Stalin once dismissed the relevance of "soft power by asking, "How…
NDP favors patronage over politics, say analysts
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Fresh water makes good neighbors
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Grand Mufti says media misquoted 'drowning fatwa'
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Techniques of deception: From Popper to Rove and back
In his novel 1984, George Orwell chillingly described a totalitarian regime in…
Sadat's Journey, 30 Years After
If "one man of courage makes a majority, as Andrew Jackson said,…
IN FOCUS: A True Civil Society
You'd be wrong to think that the current opposition parties in Egypt…
Guarding optimism
The skeptics have unassailable arguments: History and a consistent record of failure…