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...more than mere St. Valentine's romance (or even crass commercial motives) at play in the new film's appearance right now. A Kiss - Off the Record was made in 2003, but shelved, Voropayev explains, to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest after he became a civil servant later that year. He has since served as vice-governor in two Russian regions. Voropayev resigned in December, so he says he thought it quite proper to release this movie at last. That may be true. But Voropayev may well figure that it can't hurt to send Russians a timely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Movie Valentine for Putin | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...determining what directly pertains to national security and warrants intervention, the United States must recognize that not every conflict or instability in the world impacts its own security. Many of the conflicts currently threatening the international balance, such as civil wars and ethnic strife, are intractable to exogenous solutions, even by an actor as powerful as the United States. For example, in Bosnia, United Nations peacekeepers functioned more often as observers, hostages, and even victims themselves than as agents of constructive change...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: The Flaws of Interventionism | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...packed Harvard Coop last night, drawing over 100 listeners as she detailed the work about the “grim” subject of death and the “emerging inhumanity” of the nation’s battlefields during the American Civil...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faust Presents New Book At Coop | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...book—Faust’s sixth, and, she says, her last—caps off a productive career in which she has taken novel looks at the social and human impacts of the Civil...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faust Presents New Book At Coop | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...they don't be careful there will be civil war," he said. "Why are they scared to talk at the table, sit publicly with open dialogue? Why are they so scared that they want to kill me?" He held Ramos-Horta and Gusmão partly to blame for the Same raid. "Ramos-Horta was in the meeting with Xanana when they agreed to do this thing," he said. "What threat do I make for this nation? Which civilian do I threaten or kill? I have a right also to defend myself." He vowed never to lay down his arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Last Meeting with East Timor's Rebel Leader | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

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