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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (right) at The Third Expanded Ministerial Conference of the Neighbouring Countries of Iraq. The meeting opened with al-Maliki trying to persuade Arab states that his country is much better off than it was a year ago.

Iraqi PM Wants to Secure Borders

By AP/QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday he was disappointed that neighboring countries have not done enough to his war-torn nation and urged them to stop terrorists from infiltrating over their borders

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The Last Idealist

By Andrew Lee Butters

Giving recognition to one's foes is the ultimate concession and sign of weakness, and yet it is also the only solution. It will take more than one well-intentioned old man from Georgia to resolve that Catch-22.

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Sign of the Times

By Simon Elegant

Couldn't resist posting this, referring to the infamous sign supposedly posted during the 20s and 30s in one of the foreign-administered areas of Shanghai that read: "No dogs or Chinese allowed."

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A Global Food Crisis

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