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[Sanjeev Sanyal] The last pagans standing in Iraq

SINGAPORE ― With U.S. President Barack Obama belatedly ordering air strikes and humanitarian airdrops of food and relief supplies to refugees in northern …

Can Obama rise to the moment in Iraq?

To many, President Barack Obama’s authorization of airstrikes in Iraq ― and their commencement a few hours ago ― appears to be a major shift in U.S. …

[Editorial] Bad comedy

The appointment of Johnny Yune, a former Korean-American comedian and actor, to the post of the Korea Tourism Organization’s auditor general last week casts …

[Editorial] Heightened safety concerns

The Lotte World Tower & Lotte World Mall, comprising what is to be the tallest building on the Korean Peninsula at the height of 555 meters and three …

[Christine M. Flowers] Standardized tests valuable in measuring aptitudes

I always felt like a little bit of an imposter in college. It wasn’t that I was straight and a significant percentage of the Bryn Mawr population loved both …

The damaging legacy of Nixon and Watergate

On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon went on national TV to announce his resignation effective at noon Aug. 9. No president had ever been forced from the …

Plan Colombia worked; why not try the same in Central America?

For the citizens of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the crisis prompted by the surge of children from Latin America coming across the U.S. border is not …

[Editorial] City sets example

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has unveiled a set of toughened anticorruption rules for its employees. The new ethics code deserves praise since it sets an …

[Editorial] Japan under siege

Last week witnessed two major developments regarding international efforts to press Japan to resolve the issue of its wartime sexual enslavement of women …

[David Ignatius] Helping Africa increase security
[David Ignatius] Helping Africa increase security

WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama touted this week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit as “an extraordinary event.” That may sound like hype, but the …

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