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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:37
A White House official said Tuesday that Venezuela was not a threat to the national security of the United States, backing off language in an executive order that had inflamed relations with the South American nation and drawn criticism from other countries in the region.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:32
Panamanians, who since Gen. Manuel Noriega's dictatorship have grown accustomed to seeing elected officials raid government coffers, have been cheering the new emphasis on probity. They have rewarded Varela with a 60 percent approval rating — the highest of any head of state in Latin America and almost double the level of support he got in narrowly winning the presidency.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:27
African Union says media downplayed Africans’ willingness and ability to deal with Ebola and focused instead on part played by international agencies
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:27
Over the past nine years, more than 20,000 people have vanished, according to government statistics. Most, analysts say, have been kidnapped or murdered by drug traffickers or "disappeared" by corrupt members of Mexican law enforcement.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:25
Somaliland should not exist. It’s anomalous in every respect: An island of stability in a sea of chaos; a democracy surrounded by authoritarian regimes; a real nation forged in spite of civil war, clan divisions, and religious tensions – all the usual rocks upon which developmental states wreck. So what makes it work? And why will no one give it the recognition it craves?
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:19
A continuation of the highly discredited, top-down, ‘War-on-Terror’ approach will only exacerbate problems in Kenya and needs to be replaced by a more nuanced, locally-based, non-sectarian understanding.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:13
Without abandoning its Somali origins, Al-Shabaab tailored its tactics to appeal to local jihadists across East Africa. Its strategy of selective extremism means al-Shabaab looks and acts very different on different sides of the Somali border.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:06
As in the aftermath of the Tulip Revolution in 2005 that saw President Askar Akayev, Bakiyev’s predecessor, removed through popular protests, the new leadership has largely failed to deliver on promises to reduce corruption. The rickety interim government that tried to fill the vacuum after Bakiyev’s ouster passed a new constitution and moved the country to a mixed presidential-parliamentary system — an effort to prevent another leader from amassing too much power.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:00
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen is seizing territory, exploiting the recent turmoil in the country to capture areas in what has become a broad expansion by the Sunni extremist group, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter of the United States said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 06:55
The crash of three military aircraft in late February and early March have prompted Turkey’s defense procurement officials to accelerate their efforts to choose a conceptual trainer aircraft, a program that should progress in tandem with a plan to build an indigenous Turkish fighter jet.