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The Ukraine also faced crisis, in the realm of health rather than economics. We condemned the country for adopting a policy of banning public gatherings to combat the H1N1 “pandemic,” because such a measure would compromise democracy, especially in an election year.
In a controversy that plagued not just Europe, but also the entire world, a sex-abuse scandal arose in the Catholic Church. We appreciate Pope Benedict XVI’s letter of apology, but note that he was misguided in invoking faith as a solution to the crisis. We advocate...
Moving east to Afghanistan, we bemoaned the withdrawal of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, the chief opponent of President Hamid Karzai, from a hotly contested race plagued by allegations of fraud, terming the decision premature. Abdullah’s concession to Karzai dispossessed the Afghan government of any democratic legitimacy, thus...
In spite of these setbacks, however, we see some signs of progress manifest around the world. In India, a country long dogged by misogyny, we took heart in a bill that promises to establish quotas for the number of women in Parliament. However, in spite of its positive sentiments, we...
Uruguay also made strides this year. We found much to praise about a program handing out free laptops to every child there, which promises to enhance technological literacy and proliferate access to information, thereby helping lift these children out of poverty.