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Macedonia: Name Change to Enter NATO, EU?

Posted by Elia Varela Serra on 16/03/2008

Ever since Macedonia became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991, its name has been the subject of a bitter dispute with its southern neighbor, Greece. Greece claims that the use of Republic of Macedonia, as Macedonia calls itself in its constitution, not only violates Greece's historic cultural ...

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Kuwait: Copying the West in Everthing

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 15/03/2008

Kuwaiti blogger Frankom (Ar) urges his readers to stop copying the West in everything - from reality television shows, to movies and even when speaking to friends.

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Palestine: “I'm Afraid of Taaakh and Shiver When I See it”

Posted by Eman AbdElRahman on 15/03/2008

In a promotion for one of Al Jazeeras documentaries about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, a young Palestinian girl describes her living. With her little words, she captures the hearts of almost everybody who watches this video and still, her words say nothing of what I can feel whenever I see h ...

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Serbia: Five Years Since Zoran Djindjic's Death

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 15/03/2008

Belgrade 2.0 writes about the fifth anniversary of Zoran Djindjic's death: “Unfortunatelly, a Serb with the greatest qualities has been assasinated by people who could not understand the modernity, and were too dumb for arguments.”

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On the Ground in Colombia

Posted by Kelly http://www.blogger.com/profile/11577903527165210420 noreply@blogger.com on 14/03/2008

By the time you read this, I'll be on an airplane traveling back to the United States. But right now the wind is howling around my hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, as the night sea breeze assaults this ancient city of pirates, castles and the Spanish Inquisition. It's been a crazy couple o ...

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