Will the pope’s Myanmar visit bring any relief to persecuted Rohingya? - PBS NewsHour

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

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Without mentioning the Rohingya by name, Pope Francis spoke out in Myanmar of the need to respect all ethnic groups. It was unclear whether the pope pressed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has downplayed the severity of the attacks in the past, on the issue of persecution. William Brangham talks to Priscilla Clapp, former...

Amanpour - CNN

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

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Was he wrong for not specifically mentioning the Rohingya? What should Aung San Suu Kyi be doing to right the crisis? Amanpour speaks with a former ambassador and Amnesty's Crisis Response

MEI Panel Tackles Mideast Priorities - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Monday, November 27, 2017

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“Assessing U.S. Middle East Priorities” was the title of the opening panel at the Middle East Institute’s 71st annual conference at Washington, DC’s Capital Hilton Hotel. The Nov. 15 discussion, moderated by Mary Louise Kelly, national security correspondent for...

Where things stand with North Korea - Public Radio International

Monday, November 27, 2017

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The crisis between the United States and North Korea is as grave as it has been since the early 1990s, when President Bill Clinton contemplated bombing North Korea’s nuclear facility at Yongbyon. The two sides have irreconcilable positions: North Korea is determined to...

Egypt Is in Trouble, and Not Just from ISIS - New Yorker

Monday, November 27, 2017

By: Robin Wright

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Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a wilderness of deserts and raw mountains about the size of West Virginia, is famed for its Biblical history, Bedouin tribal life, and Red Sea resorts. But, now that the Islamic State’s caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been destroyed...

Ballot box safety a huge worry - My Republica

Saturday, November 25, 2017

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As the Election Commission (EC) and the political parties have agreed to begin vote counting only after the casting of ballots in both phases of the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections are complete, safeguarding the ballot boxes for days is going to be a challenge.

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