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...dragged its allies into expensive and - as will eventually be proved - fruitless wars. Russia is neither a threat to Europe nor the rest of the world, however, bringing NATO to its borders is provocative. Would the U.S. be happy if Russia made military alliances with Canada or Mexico? I doubt it. Peter Hendricks, reliquias, portugal...
...international institutions held a global popularity contest, there's little doubt the International Monetary Fund would finish last. Over the past 30 years, the Washington-based agency has aroused fear and loathing throughout much of Africa, Asia and Latin America because of the tough conditions it imposed on governments as the price for its financial assistance. When its role dwindled to near-irrelevance earlier this decade as the world economy expanded strongly, few tears were shed. Taking over as managing director in 2007, Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned its directors that, "what might be at stake today is the very...
...Although the new regulations merely meant that citizens could apply for permission to travel abroad, a procedure that would take some time, and while the rule was not supposed to come into effect until the next day, the majority of the gathered press had no doubt that Schabowski's statement meant the end of the Berlin Wall. The news quickly spread and brought thousands of people to the border crossings where they demanded to pass. The border guards eventually gave in. (See TIME's cover story on the wall's fall...
...While there is no doubt that this is a challenging task, encouraging trends have emerged in recent years. Just one day after Obama’s speech, the governors of eight Midwestern states sent the president a letter urging him to support a new proposed plan that would connect Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Madison, Wisconsin with a network of fast passenger trains. And, while, Amtrak’s trans-continental lines may be the object of ridicule, ridership on the Acela line has grown rapidly as fuel prices have made air and car travel less attractive to business commuters...
...widespread torture remains in Iraqi jails at present is not publicly known. So far, neither the U.N. nor the Iraqi government has made any verifiable statistics available. But few doubt the practice continues today among Iraqi authorities and criminal elements. Torture, of course, has had a long history in Iraq, achieving particular notoriety during the era of Saddam Hussein. Observers say the recent years of war have created a social environment in which torture can continue to flourish. "In Iraq, we can notice all these acts of torture were done by young ages, people between 20 and 30," says Nahith...