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...were in Me'a She'arim, which is an incredibly conservative, Hasidic neighborhood in Israel, an area where they?re very much against outsiders and don?t really trust the media. So we get there and our local fixer - because we had a fixer in every country - said that it would be a great place to go and speak to people. So we go there and we start to be yelled at [and told] to ?Get out of here? and ?You don?t belong here.? And then the crowd gathered very quickly. It was one of those...
There is of course nothing wrong with making such sacrifices for the people you love. Eliot Spitzer, however, did not apparently appreciate his wife’s selflessness enough to avoid betraying her trust and breaking his marital commitment. Yet they remain together, even after all that has happened—and we may never know precisely why. Craig’s days in Congress are running out in disgrace, yet his wife stands by him: might it be image, sympathy or love behind her loyalty...
Feng Zhongping of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations says Brown is "building trust with the Chinese leaders. He thinks China will play a favorable role [in its relations with] Britain in the age of globalization. This opinion sets him apart from other European leaders." The Prime Minister dismisses reports that he entertained any thoughts of boycotting the Beijing Olympics in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet. He always intended, he says, to miss the opening celebrations but to attend the closing ceremonies, where the mantle of the Olympics will be passed on to London, which will host...
...snappy slogans. "That sounds a bit academic, doesn't it?," said Brown after a long explanation of how voters in Kirkcaldy or New Jersey might be convinced of the importance of reforming international institutions. And those voters who do grasp the issues might well ask why Brown places trust in the ability of large numbers of nations to reach agreement on contentious matters. For all his faith in the power of multilateralism, Brown dislikes the protracted meetings that are at the heart of any international action, says Stephen Wall, a former government official who advised Blair on the European Union...
...record of its government’s record abroad when there is no constitutional or judicial oversight over their actions. A government that disregards human values abroad, engages in torture, and arbitrarily detains people without a fair trial would have serious credibility question marks. How could citizens trust such a regime for their protection?The Bush administration is such a regime. As Guantánamo Bay enters its seventh reprehensible year, it seems unlikely that truth about it will ever come out. The only reports of what happens inside of Guantánamo are leaked memos and words of some...