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The Iran nuclear deal is not perfect, will not end all the other problems in the Middle East, and might not even lead to liberal reformers gaining the upper hand over conservative forces inside Iran, as the deal's backers hope, according to Dalia Dassa Kaye.
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North Korea is the 'most brain-washed country in the world,' said Hyeonseo Lee, but the real tragedy is that North Koreans don't even realize the extent of the lies their government tells them. 'They have nothing to compare their lives to,' said Lee, a defector from the North who now lives in Seoul
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Peru is one of Latin America's recent success stories – in the past 10 years it has doubled its GDP, tripled exports and increased foreign investment by a factor of 10. In that same time period poverty has been reduced from 60% to less than 20% – 'and we even have three of the top 50 restaurants in the world,' said Luis Miguel Castilla, the Ambassador of Peru to the US and a former Economics and Finance Minister.
The bribery and corruption scandal surrounding FIFA is not something we should be shocked by, no more than Captain Renault was really shocked by the gambling in Rick's casino in the movie Casablanca, according to Derek Shearer. FIFA had long been recognized as an unaccountable, monopolistic organization…
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Elon Musk, according to Ashlee Vance, is a unique individual, the most innovative entrepreneur around in terms of combining hardware and software, a person who is almost devoid of personal empathy and is legendary for treating his staff horribly, but someone who at the same time has enormous empathy for mankind
The EU may shake, but it will not topple, according to the top EU diplomat in the US. The risks of Greece leaving the Euro and the British leaving the EU entirely are not insignificant, but have been overblown, and both are unlikely to happen, according to David O'Sullivan, the EU Ambassador to the US.
Xi Jinping, the President of China and head of the Chinese Communist Party, is a 'bundle of contradictions', a man who was put in charge of the most populous country in the world in November 2012 with few outstanding achievements on his resume, but who has turned into the most forceful leader of China since Chairman Mao.
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When Doctors Without Borders began treating Ebola patients in western Africa in 2014 they had no idea how big the epidemic would get – nor how long it would take the World Health Organization (WHO) and the rest of the international community to respond.
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