Word: pariah
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...face of evolving public opinion in favor of stem-cell research, equality for same-sex couples and women's reproductive rights underscored his failure to feel the pulse of modern America. Most of all, his my-way-or-the-highway foreign policy made the U.S. a global pariah. Bill Gottdenker, MOUNTAINSIDE...
...Pakistan is already an international cricket pariah - Australia, England and New Zealand pulled out of matches in 2008, citing security concerns. When India, too, boycotted the early March test match following the Mumbai attacks, Sri Lanka graciously stepped in to save international cricket in Pakistan. No longer. Pakistan had been picked as a co-host for the upcoming World Cup, but immediately following the Lahore attack International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat told reporters in London, "It's difficult to see international cricket being played in Pakistan for the foreseeable future. It will be very challenging...
...Since then, of course, U.S.-Venezuela relations have plummeted farther than a Lake Maracaibo oil drill. Both sides share the blame. But the 1999 phone call bears significance. If anything, Chávez has lately supplanted Castro as Washington's priority regional pariah, yet he celebrated a decade in power this month by winning a democratic referendum that scraps presidential term limits, allowing him to run for re-election for as long as he chooses to. (See pictures of people around the world watching Barack Obama's Inauguration...
...Addis Ababa United States of Africa? Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the former international pariah who has mended relations with the West in recent years, was elected chairman of the African Union on Feb. 2. Gaddafi quickly vowed to pursue his dream of reorganizing the 53-member body into a political federation akin to the United States. He promised that the continent would consider the proposal--which many leaders in the short term oppose and which experts regard as unlikely--at a July summit. Libya, which has been assailed for human-rights violations and supporting terrorism during Gaddafi's 39-year...
Famously dubbed the "mad dog of the Middle East" by former President Ronald Reagan, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has a reputation that has run the gamut from eccentric revolutionary to international pariah over his long career...