Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran along with many senior LTTE leaders was killed in the military confrontation with Sri Lanka’s armed forces in May 2009. With that military
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus The Mystery There are certain questions that accompany humanity from the cradle to
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Few ideas command more universal agreement than the belief that children must be protected. Across cultures, religions, and political traditions, they are regarded as uniquely deserving of care, safety, and opportunity. Yet
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Bow your head before you read further. What follows is not an anniversary tribute. It is an accounting. For one hundred and thirty-two years, from the Mediterranean shore to the deepest Sahara,
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Dual-use naval facilities are commercial ports, shipyards, or maritime hubs operationally designed and equipped to support military operations when required though they operate primarily for civilian trade in peacetime. The issue at
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Since the early 1990s, the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, located on the Amur River, has steadily reemerged as one of Russia’s most important “border trade hubs.” Sitting directly across from the Chinese city of Heihe,
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The Incident What began as an ordinary international flight between the United States and Canada soon evolved into an extraordinary demonstration of the resilience of modern aviation and, simultaneously, into a compelling
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Taking an invention and claiming it as yours is called intellectual property, based on practices followed by US and European businesses. But what happens when your neighbor argues that inventions can’t be
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Israel is sabotaging the negotiations with Iran and alienating its last important ally by refusing to halt its attacks on Lebanon and withdraw from its occupation of the south. It is determined to reignite
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The authenticity of the public articulation of the stunning proposal of an alliance by Majlis speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf — ‘regional bloc’ — built around an Iran-China axis in the Middle East is not
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