Word: neighborly
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...Hariri's assassination sparked outrage in Lebanon and a series of mass protests that forced Syria to disengage from its tiny neighbor two months later. Since then, however, Lebanon has been mired in deep political crisis, in which the Western-backed government and its supporters are at loggerheads with a pro-Syrian opposition. The United States and its Arab allies, including regional giants Saudi Arabia and Egypt, blame Syria for the deadlock in Lebanon, which has left the country without a president since November. In a snub to Damascus, half the 22 heads of state invited to attend the Arab...
...speech to both Houses of Parliament a day earlier, a pumped-up Sarkozy appealed for an entente amicale - or friendly understanding - between the two countries, coaxing a standing ovation out of British lawmakers old enough to remember decades of bitter wrangling with the U.K.'s close neighbor, often over aspects of the European Union, most recently over the invasion of Iraq. Now was the time, declared Sarkozy on the opening day of his two-day state visit to Britain, for a "Franco-British brotherhood...
...backing to pursue his agenda with gusto. His mandate is a repudiation of the DPP's preference for a more distant relationship with China. Though Hsieh also favored expanding ties with China, the DPP and its supporters are far more wary of China and fear absorption by their giant neighbor. During the campaign, Hsieh attempted to paint Ma's plans as a route toward de facto unification. In the days before the vote, he tried to capitalize on Beijing's crackdown on anti-Chinese protests in Tibet by suggesting Taiwan could face the same end. "As we look at Tibet...
Those two examples indicate Beijing is beginning to realize that it needs to be a good global citizen. But China's increasing willingness to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries does not mean the country isn't tending its own interests. Case in point: China's southern neighbor Nepal. Nepal has long looked to India as its natural ally in the region. But in the past few years successive governments in Kathmandu, perhaps sensing that Beijing and not New Delhi will be the real power in coming decades, have grown closer to China. Just how close...
...homesickness About three weeks ago, I got a call from my mom and she was crying. Our neighbor called her and said that there are people who live in our house - we don't know who they are - but they are a family. It is good because it is better than an [insurgent] group using it. So the family is moving because they thought that the situation is getting a little bit better and they are moving the furniture that we have out. So I was laughing, like, "Mom, are you kidding me? The whole country is ruined...