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The news flash came right after the evening news on Belgian state television Wednesday: the Flemish Parliament had voted for Flanders' secession from the Kingdom of Belgium. Over the next hour and a half, the trusted TV anchors fielded a spectacular special report: They cut to live footage from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Belgium's "War of the Worlds" | 12/15/2006 | See Source »

Let me be blunt: the U.S. military campaign to stabilize Iraq has failed. We have lost control of Anbar province, the Sunni stronghold. We are losing the battle for Baghdad. Muqtada al-Sadr's militia has taken control in several predominantly Shi'ite provinces. The government in Baghdad is near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Baker Should Tell Bush | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

Let me be blunt: the U.S. military campaign to stabilize Iraq has failed. We have lost control of Anbar province, the Sunni stronghold. We are losing the battle for Baghdad. Muqtada al-Sadr's militia has taken control in several predominantly Shi'ite provinces. The government in Baghdad is near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Baker Should Tell Bush | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

(2 of 2) And any visitor can attest that they feel like two different countries. Cross the border into the Serb Republic from the Muslim-Croat Federation and Latin script road signs give way to Cyrillic, mosques to Serbian Orthodox churches. Locals prefer Serbian beer and loza, a grape brandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Bosnia's Peace Survive? | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

It would, however, be ilegal, both by the Dayton peace accords and by Bosnia's constitution. Bosnia is actually not a fully sovereign state - it supervised by the Office of High Representative and its peace is maintained by international European force - and the representatives of the international community have clearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Fragile Peace in Bosnia Crumbling? | 8/29/2006 | See Source »

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