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1950-1977: South Africa is the birthplace of the Apartheid. International sanctions are imposed on South Africa.Pretoria does not have diplomatic relations with many Third World countries (especially Mexico, India, Black Africa, Iraq, and Guyana) and Communist Bloc(USSR, East Germany, Cuba and the People's Republic of China).The World refuses to recognize South African puppet "Republic of

Fred Kagan tells Time.com there are signs of progress, but September is too soon to judge if the surge has succeeded

U.S. News & World Report - Senate Republicans, moving on a two-week-old plan to use the spring recess to make news, today and tomorrow plan to urge action, especially in the House, on passing the war funding supplemental bill.

AP - Democrats looking to boost their 2008 presidential hopes wooed thousands of union members on the National Mall Thursday, promising to reverse what they called a long-standing anti-labor stance by President Bush.