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...geopolitics of the Taiwan Strait is a delicate balancing act between Taiwan, China and the U.S. What's said and unsaid can either generate harmony (or at least a temporary truce in the continual war of words between Taipei and Beijing), or friction, or at worst outright conflict. In this complex triangular relationship, Washington is in the most awkward position. It has a "one China" policy but is obligated by its Taiwan Relations Act to come to the island's defense if Taiwan is attacked by the Chinese military. Indeed, in 1996, Washington dispatched two aircraft carriers to the waters...
...military, legal and diplomatic experts apparently still hadn't decided what to do if Jenkins did fly to Japan, although they have several options. An unequivocal demand for Jenkins, one that left Japan no way to say no, could run the risk of alienating Koizumi's government. But an outright pardon, which Japan has suggested, would send the wrong message about discipline and desertion to U.S. troops. A third tack, according to one diplomatic source, would be for the U.S. to ask Japan to hand over Jenkins?but not complain when it fails to do so. In that case, Jenkins...
...grocery store bunches of Fair Trade bananas cost up to 50 percent more than normal bananas. With over 105 tons of bananas flowing into Harvard stomachs a year, this cost increase will not be minor. Detractors say that Harvard could do more by donating this cost difference outright to an non-governmental organization or other charity organization...
...good look for a recent college graduate of any discipline. But perhaps the premise of the liberal arts education can be taken too far, rounded to the point where it might be said to have passed beyond the point of voluptuous to a plus-sized state of outright voluminous. Sure, it’s a Good Thing when your family doctor is well-versed in the ins and outs of both Kant and cardiac arrest, and of course long division (for the sake of argument) should not be beyond the reach of even the most diehard lit-critter. An entire...
With the U.S. seeking to avoid an outright confrontation with al-Sadr's forces inside Najaf, the holiest city for Iraq's majority Shi'ites, a shadowy group of al-Sadr's rivals appears to be taking matters into its own hands. Locals say the gunmen in the Volvo came from a new group calling itself the Thulfiqar Army, seemingly named for a famed two-pronged sword that in Shi'ite tradition was used by Imam Ali, the martyred son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. Two weeks ago, the group began distributing leaflets ordering al-Sadr to leave Najaf...