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Fear has hijacked bipartisan decision-making about Iraq. The recent elections and shift in political power will not solve the tough issues in our Middle Eastern quagmire. Effective solutions in the area require a new decision-making approach.The problems with current U.S. decisions about Iraq are predictable from the process followed to reach them. We see the

The calendar on the wall may read 2007, but the nation's political calendar flipped to 2008 on Thursday for a Democratic presidential debate.

U.S. News & World Report - The leading Democratic contenders for president owe a debt of gratitude to two long-shot candidates who stood out in the party's first debate last week in South Carolina, say Democratic strategists.

AFP - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has suspended operations in North Korea following US claims that its funds were being diverted to prop up the communist regime.