3.04 peacemaking - diplomacy

Israelis and Palestinians Call for a Ceasefire

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Bush's Visit: The View from Ramallah

Authors: Sam Bahour

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Olmert's blather would have made excellent comedy material -- not to mention President Bush's weird facial expressions as he sought to evade the barrage of questions from reporters.

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A New Vision of Security: Remembering Randall Forsberg

Randall Forsberg
Authors: Randy Kehler

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The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign was her brainchild.

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Impeachment: A Check on Presidents Swollen with Power

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I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.

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Iraq: The World's Fastest Growing Refugee Crisis

Summary:While the US debates whether a civil war is raging in Iraq, thousands of Iraqis face the possibility of death every day all over the country.

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Western Saharans Resist Moroccan Occupation

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Authors: Stephen Zunes

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Western Sahara is a sparsely populated territory about the size of Colorado, located on the Atlantic coast in northwestern Africa just south of Morocco. Traditionally inhabited by nomadic Arab tribes, collectively known as Sahrawis and famous for their long history of resistance to outside domination, the territory was occupied by Spain from the late 1800s through the mid-1970s, well over a decade after most African countries had achieved their freedom from European colonialism.

The nationalist Polisario Front launched an armed independence struggle against Spain in 1973, and Madrid eventually promised the people of what was then still known as the Spanish Sahara a referendum on the fate of the territory by the end of 1975.

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Mandela: Nonviolence Holds the Key to Survival

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Authors: Nelson Mandela

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Gandhi rightly believed in the efficacy of pitting the soul force of the nonviolent protester against the brute force of the oppressor.

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A Future for Ugandan Children? The Tension between Peace and Justice

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Archbishop Odama of Gulu has offered himself to the International Criminal Court in place of the indicted Lords Resistance Army leaders -- if they agree to end the war.

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Somalia: The Tough Part Is Ahead

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The government is weak, unpopular, and faction-ridden, and the power vacuum in southern Somalia is rapidly being filled by the same faction leaders and warlords the Courts overthrew less than a year ago.

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