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...might to get the attention of undemocratic regimes and so prepare the ground for reform. There is a lot the U.S. and the E.U. can do together to rein in the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, to further cement Turkey's relationship with the West, to combat the threat of terrorism. So while he's traveling through Europe this week, President George W. Bush might want to take a second look at the E.U.'s success. Countries around the world are drawing inspiration from the European model and nurturing their own neighborhood clubs, from asean and Mercosur...
Anderson thinks of himself and others like him as war resisters. His critics, who have no sympathy for volunteer soldiers suddenly opposed to combat, prefer terms like coward and traitor. But now that Anderson has been AWOL for more than 30 days, he is known in the U.S. military as a deserter, facing the possibility of years in jail. (No deserter during wartime has received the stiffest punishment, execution, since the last days of World...
...deeply disturbed to read that no warnings about an impending tsunami reached the countries in peril. Humankind needs to work together to combat the unforeseen destructive forces of nature and safeguard the lives of millions. The damage and loss of life could have been minimized to a great extent if governments had been quicker to realize what was coming and issued warnings. We have to get past the political boundaries that we have built. Nature will always teach us that. Savi Mull Lucknow, India...
...security, or at least the security of its regime. Iran's primary enemies - Israel and the U.S. - have nuclear capability, as does regional rival Pakistan. And the Iranian government is believed to have begun its nuclear quest in earnest during the 1980s, when the country was locked in mortal combat with Iraq - and Saddam Hussein had made no secret of his own nuclear ambitions...
...risk of managing their own well-being. Frist has been a strong supporter and has laid many other ideas that are in the budget the White House released on Monday, including improved medical technology, putting more kids on government-funded programs for low-income children and increasing funds to combat HIV/AIDS. The former heart surgeon also has some ideas the White House hasn't yet put out, including a plan that would create a health-care structure similar to what Fannie Mae does for mortgages. This week Frist testified before Congress about his trip to support tsunami relief efforts...