First Issue - November 2007

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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process (Preview)

In a matter of weeks, President Bush will host the most direct diplomatic initiative in the Israeli Palestinian conflict since he took office. The United States will lead what Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has labeled an "international meeting" this November, with the goal of moving the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians forward and laying the groundwork for a future independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

November 1, 2007

Robert Friedman

First Issue - November 2007

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Kosovo Revisited

On March 24th, 1999, Bill Clinton announced the bombing of Yugoslavia. By June 10th of that year the UN had approved a peace plan for Kosovo, effectively ending the bombing campaign. But nearly 9 years later, Kosovo's status is still unclear. The process of resolving Kosovo's final status has been stalled since the Ahtisaari plan was brought to the United Nations in January of 2007.

November 1, 2007

Arthur Traldi

First Issue - November 2007

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China's Total Recall

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao announced a draft law designed to increase food safety on Wednesday. The new legislation comes in the wake of a nationwide crackdown on the sale of tainted food and other consumer products.

November 1, 2007

Olivier Kamanda

First Issue - November 2007

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The Bank of the South

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is making headlines once again. Only months after he proposed scrapping presidential term limits, his new plan to create the Bank of the South is moving forward. The Bank will finance regional development projects and would enhance, and perhaps ultimately replace, Washington-based and U.S. controlled institutions like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as the main source of external funding for Latin American development projects.

November 1, 2007

Rommel A. Gallo

First Issue - November 2007

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Save Darfur... and the rest of Sudan, too

Representatives from the Sudanese government met with various rebel groups this weekend in Sirte, Libya, for a new round of peace talks concerning Darfur. The talks were aimed at ending the four year conflict between the government of Sudan and tribal rebel groups. But as the world's attention drew to resolving the Darfur crisis, a former conflict was resurfacing.

November 1, 2007

Olivier Kamanda

First Issue - November 2007