Blogs from Alexander Lobov
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Israel’s weak debate
An article by Israel ambassador makes Palestinians out to be some sort of irrational, anti-Semitic barbarians.
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Does Sakineh deserve to die?
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran. She does not deserve to die, and neither do others facing the death penalty.
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Top secret America - what went wrong?
“Top Secret America” is so massive that much of it is ineffective at keeping America safe. One can’t help but scratch one’s head at how the world’s lone superpower could possibly be so stupid.
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Will the Kampala blasts herald a wave of terror in East Africa?
Somali militant group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for twin blasts in Kampala -this represents the first time that Al Shabaab, a rebel group attempting to gain control of Somalia, has struck outside the country’s borders. However, it doesn’t warrant the descriptions of the group that have since been presented by certain members of the media.
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Tea and biscuits for the hated
This month's National Geographic feature on Pakistan has gone through every single possible cliche in the book. We are supposed to be surprised by how friendly people in Pakistan actually are, how much they know about our way of life and in how much danger these relatively friendly, sort of liberal people are from some boogeyman (in this case the Taliban).
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