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...buys himself a new toy? The problem is that Kim Jong Il shares his toys—with other rogue states. Pakistan, Libya, and Syria are among the countries that have bought missiles from the North.Most troubling, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a Paris-based Iranian protest group, alleges that North Korea is sharing nuclear technology with Iran. Kim Jong Il equips rogue states with weapons and nuclear know-how, both of which may potentially fall into terrorists’ hands.Focusing on the threat that North Korea poses to the U.S.—its potential to produce...
...right populist party to enter the Greek parliament since the tumultuous fall of a military junta the ruled the country between 1967 and 1974. A former conservative stalwart whom Karamanlis expelled in 2000 for his extremist rhetoric, Mr. Karatzaferis benefited from the backlash against the socialist party, attracting protest voters who ostensibly wanted to vent their anger at the two main parties than espouse LAOS's controversial views - including claims that the Jews were behind the Sept. 11 attacks...
...threatened to take Greeks on another trip to the polls if his New Democracy party failed to win an outright majority in parliament. That carrot-and-stick strategy, said analysts, put voters at a clear crossroads, weighing Karamanlis' stolid leadership and economic successes against their yearning for a protest vote that could spell a return to socialist rule, or political turmoil. "Ultimately, voters picked the candidate they had the greatest faith in," said Maria Karakliouni of RASS-MARC polling agency...
Unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen any time soon. When former Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby floated a preregistration plan in 2003, 1,250 undergraduates signed a petition in protest, and The Crimson published two editorials in defense of shopping. Despite all available evidence, we continue to follow our instincts...
...referendum. On Saturday, more than 100,000 people took to the streets in the southern port city of Kaohsiung to rally in favor of the referendum and seemingly in support of Chen's vision of a sovereign Taiwan. More than 3,000 Taiwanese expatriates attended a second protest outside U.N. headquarters in New York City. A poll released earlier this month by a Taipei-based think tank found that 47% of respondents disagreed with the U.S.'s position that the referendum was a step towards independence; three-quarters said they already see Taiwan as independent. China condemned this weekend...