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The Deadly Perils of Bad Government in Angola

Friday, June 16, 2006

The New York Times takes a look at the cholera epidemic currently striking Angola. As the article makes blatantly clear, the epidemic is not the result of the Angolan government suffering from a lack of resources - its exports of oil and diamonds support a thriving economy. Rather, the outbreak, which started in February, is [...]

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I Want My eGovernment

Thursday, August 4, 2005

I found this Washington Post article about the American military's attempts to entice recruits by allowing them to get rid of part of their service obligation by serving in the Peace Corps (assuming, of course, their application is accepted by the organization) interesting, especially since while opposition to it is just beginning, the program was [...]

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Solving the Problem of Sovereignty

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

This International Herald Tribune article lambasts Musharraf and the Pakistani government, claiming that Pakistani liberals face a "mullah-military alliance" intent on restricting civil liberties and freedom of expression:
Democracy, human rights and meaningful civil liberties are anathema to a hypermilitarized state. Pakistan's voters consistently vote overwhelmingly for moderate, secular-oriented parties and reject religious extremists, so the [...]

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