Word: foreigner
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...Because the young American had no previous criminal record and no connection with any other terrorist groups, he was able to travel freely through foreign countries...
...during the absolute prime of, Dan Rather was forced down America's throats as the twitchy replacement for • replacement of by Jon Stewart as America's most trusted newscaster • 2002 opinion about the Bush Doctrine - "I think it is about as dangerous a foreign policy as a nation could adopt" - was unfortunately kept to self...
Tsvangirai's strategy is premised on the idea that any improvement in the economy will be credited to him and will give him a boost in the next elections. He also hopes to circumvent Mugabe's patronage system by setting up a trust that can be funded by foreign donors but remain inaccessible to Mugabe...
...signature foreign policy initiative of Barack Obama's presidential campaign was his desire to begin negotiations with Iran. It was ridiculed by John McCain and by Hillary Clinton, now his Secretary of State. Obama persisted, with reason: it was a good idea. How he proceeds now, after Iran's brutal electoral debacle, could be the most important foreign policy decision of his presidency. As Clinton made clear in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations two days before Rafsanjani spoke, the Obama Administration has not wavered in its desire for talks. And yet, the body language has changed...
...Still, Naqvi, Devji and other academics doubt that governments can use Sufism to fight their political battles. As in the past, foreign meddling would likely do more harm than good. "What is needed today, more than the West pushing any one form of religion," says Naqvi, "is a propagation of the underlying values of Sufism - love, harmony and beauty." This is not easy, especially in Pakistan, where poverty, corruption and the daily toll of the global war on terrorism simmer together in a volatile brew. Set against this, the transcendental faith of Sufi mystics seems quaint, if not entirely impotent...