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There is, as ever, more at stake in Korea than simply Korea, and the breakthrough summit between the leaders of North and South signals a changing game for all the players on this most dangerous of Cold War chessboards. The Korean War, which ended with a cease-fire rather than a peace treaty 47 years ago, was fought less because Koreans themselves couldn't get along than because the West, Russia and China were jostling to expand their "spheres of influence." The end of the Cold War has opened new opportunities for the Koreans to contemplate reunification. But the German...
...royal succession in neighboring Jordan, Hafez Assad has an outcast brother, Rifaat, with presidential ambitions, against whom he'd waged a sometimes vicious power struggle. The fact that the president died before completely clearing Bashar's path to power will certainly raise the temptation for Rifaat to stake his own claim...
...started writing for the conservative Salient and grew interested in libertarian political philosophy. While he considers sexuality to be primarily a private concern, he does recognize the fundamental, civil rights issues at stake...
...However, the Tigers rallied from a 1-0 deficit to net two goals in the final 15 minutes and drive a stake through the Crimson's slim chances of staging a late-season comeback...
...Born-again Christians believe that homosexuality is a sin, but so is lying and stealing and fornicating," Stonehouse said. "What's at stake here is not that anyone was sinning but that they were condoning that type of a lifestyle...