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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Michael Fisher

Michael Fisher

EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital - 0 views

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    European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel.
Michael Fisher

Syria Says Iran Bus Blast An Accident, 3 Dead - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Terrorist attackc or accident?
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Dubai Sovereign Fund Asks for Time to Reorganize Debts - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The bursting bubble...
Michael Fisher

Soul-Searching in Turkey After a Gay Man Is Killed - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Gay man in Turkey killed by his own father...
Michael Fisher

Israel announces partial settlement freeze - BBC News - 0 views

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    Wasn't that the agreement since 2003, but including Jerusalem?
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College Study Abroad - Scholarships in Syria - 0 views

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    Study abroad in Syria: opportunities and scholarship information.
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Piecing Together Neda Agha-Soltan's Death - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A documentary on the protests in Iran, produced for PBS (Frontline) and the BBC, pieces together the death, and life, of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose last moments were caught on video and posted online. Video available for free.
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Can Soldiers Be Victims of Terrorism? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Given that it is obviously important to some people to call the atrocity at Fort Hood an act of terrorism, it seems worth asking both if most people can agree on what the word means and why it matters what we call such brutal acts.
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    The Lede explores this ubiquitous debate in political science: WHAT IS TERRORISM?
Michael Fisher

A Saudi Gamble to See if Seeds of Change Will Grow - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The stated goal is to take a country that consistently ranks among the poorest performing nations in education and, with all the brain power and high-tech equipment oil money can buy, build a world-class research center and university.
Michael Fisher

Iran: 5 Protesters Sentenced to Death - 0 views

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    Five people had been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed the country's disputed presidential election in June.
Michael Fisher

Memo From Jerusalem - Abbas's Threat to Quit Imperils Mideast Peace Talks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Two weeks after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, vowed not to run for re-election and hinted that he might resign, the Middle East peace process has sunk into a deep crisis amid urgent efforts to revive it.
Michael Fisher

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israeli settlement plan denounced - 0 views

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    Much better article on this issue than the NY Times.
Michael Fisher

Israel Advances Plan to Expand Settlement in Gilo, Jerusalem - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Israel said that it had advanced plans to expand a Jewish district of Jerusalem in territory that was captured in the 1967 war and that the Palestinians claim as part of their future state.
Michael Fisher

Tuning Out the Taliban - Video Library - The New York Times - 0 views

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    A Pakastani contends that the Taliban does not have a huge impact on Pakistan, rather the U.S. is guilty of having the biggest effect to its current situation. A response to this would make a great blog post, as it explores many underlying issues (politics, pop-culture, identity, etc...).
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    A Pakastani contends that the Taliban does not have a huge impact on Pakistan, rather the U.S. is guilty of having the biggest effect to its current situation. A response to this would make a great blog post, as it explores many underlying issues (politics, pop-culture, identity, etc...).
Michael Fisher

Future of Palestinian Authority Is in Question - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The collapse of the Palestinian Authority, Israel's negotiating partner, was raised as a possibility on Monday, as several aides to its president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he intended to resign and forecast that others would follow.
Michael Fisher

Syria - National Geographic Magazine - 0 views

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    Poised to play a pivotal new role in the Middle East, Syria struggles to escape its dark past. Excellent article from the senior foreign affairs correspondent of the National Geographic Magazine.
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