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...been a regular irritant in Japan-China relations. In contrast to Gates' testy visit, Japanese officials rolled out the red carpet in December in Tokyo for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who was granted an audience with Japan's Emperor, at Hatoyama's request. His overtures to China are part of a larger foreign policy agenda to integrate Japan more closely into a growing Asia. He advocates the formation of an East Asian community along the lines of Europe's, with a common regional currency like the euro. Such plans have led some in Washington to worry that Hatoyama believes...
...alternative is hard to contemplate. It was war that shattered the south. Denying it independence, especially at this late stage, would mean more fighting. Announcing his new Sudan strategy, Obama said: "It will not be easy and there are no simple answers to the extraordinary challenges that confront this part of the world." War used to be Khartoum's answer to many of Sudan's challenges. That things are becoming more complicated is a reason for hope...
...speech in question was made at the 10th annual Herzliya conference, the single most important gathering of influential policymakers and commentators in Israel. Kramer’s talk was part of a panel held on Feb. 3, 2010 entitled “Rising to the Challenge of Radical Indoctrination;” his Harvard affiliation was clearly identified in the conference program in connection with the talk. In Kramer’s presentation, he suggested that Israel’s current economic blockade of Gaza, now in its fourth year, represents a successful effort to “break Gaza?...
...general, Princeton went out fast in the first part,” Lapage said. “But then we really rowed them down in the rough water, having had a lot of experience practicing in that...
...their respective race, especially in those conditions that were a bit of a shock to the system,” captain Martin Eiermann said. “We are trying to keep these races as one step towards the coming races and the championships. It’s all part of a process. And, [this race] was sort of one box that we can check off on a list of what we have to do from now into the coming weeks as part of the larger context...