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		<title>Facts, Not Drones, to Fight Terrorism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ken Ballen During the course of six years as a federal prosecutor and investigator I interviewed at great length more than 100 radicals and terrorists who fought in the name of Islam. I chronicled the stories of many of these extremists leaving the path of violence when exposed to the corruption of the Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brighter Future for Bahrain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr Abdulla Elmadani A report was released two months ago by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), an independent body established by the monarchy to document the violence against demonstrators who called for reform last spring and provide recommendations for future government policies. It demonstrates that excessive practices were used by the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Revolution&#8217;s Anniversary, Men Stand Up for Women’s Rights in Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alice Hackman On January 25, hope filled the air as Egyptian activists took to the streets in tens of thousands on the anniversary of the revolution, this time asking for a new president before a new constitution. Stories from the square were mostly of renewed optimism – but there were also a few stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Indonesian’s Hopes for US Role in Asia Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Singgih Nugroho US President Barack Obama&#8217;s November visit to Bali in November 2011 to attend the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia Summits was his second official visit to Indonesia in his role as president. In November 2010 he gave a speech at the University of Indonesia in which he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling it Sharia Shouldn&#8217;t Make It Scary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jon Pahl What’s so scary about sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US Federal Appellate Court – one level below the Supreme Court – not much. The recent decision of the 10th Circuit Court effectively blocks implementation of Oklahoma Law 755, also called the “Save Our State” measure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arab Spring Is an Opportunity for Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Natalia Simanovsky The Israeli government and security establishment are viewing the sweeping changes in the Middle East and North African region with apprehension. While it is human nature to fear the unknown, the recent developments represent a window of opportunity for reshaping the region. That is not to say that the dangers facing Israel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Save Traditional Indonesian Dance, Allow Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marzuki Hasan In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially added Indonesia’s Saman Gayo, a sitting dance from the Gayo Lues district of Aceh, to the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Urgent Need of Safeguarding. While other “intangible” Indonesian cultural traditions — including batik textiles and wayang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Diversity for Peaceful Cohabitation in American Cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Frank Fredericks New York &#8211; In the 19 November 2011 issue of The Economist, the cover story, called “The magic of diasporas” outlines the benefits of mass immigration, particularly to the West. However the changing demographics in major metropolises can also be a highly destabilising force. This is especially true in the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Out Against Mosque Desecration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Gideon D. Sylvester Jerusalem &#8211; Across the world, people were outraged by the news that mosques in Israel had been desecrated and racist graffiti scrawled across their walls. Israeli Jews felt ashamed. We asked ourselves: do the perpetrators have any understanding of Jewish history and theology, – which clearly teach respect for every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-of-a-Kind Debate on Women’s Rights in Palestine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nida’ Tuma A Facebook page with nearly 2,000 members has recently attracted the attention of the Palestinian public and media. “Puzzled young women” is becoming an important arena in the debate on women’s rights in the Palestinian territories, a debate which previously lacked one essential element: dialogue with proponents of a more traditional role [...]]]></description>
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