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<title>Comment - Columnists - Bronwen Maddox</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan's president wants $50bn but must show what he'd do with it&#36;]]></title>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:12 BST
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<![CDATA[This week Afghanistan&amp;#39;s President has asked the world for &#36;50 billion&amp;#46; It has not yet given its answer&amp;#44; beyond a sharp&amp;#44; sceptical yelp that the country could actually absorb funds on that scale&amp;#46;]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Small steps towards Middle East peace deal &#45; if Israel allows it]]></title>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:42 BST
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<![CDATA[Some gesture towards progress had to be constructed to greet President Bush's 
arrival today in the Middle East, even though the chances of real movement 
in his remaining seven months are small. The one that Tony Blair offered 
yesterday &#45; the lifting of some travel and trade restrictions in the 
northern West Bank &#45; is not vacuous. Blair was careful not to claim that his 
scheme had dramatic, transforming potential, striking the right tone in a 
region where anything but pessimism invites ridicule.]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Why it is not easy to impose help in Burma after Cyclone Nargis]]></title>
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Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:17 BST
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<![CDATA[The satellite pictures of the Irawaddy delta make the world's anguished 
frustration worse.]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[The old face that is badly in need of a political lift]]></title>
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Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 BST
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<![CDATA[The price that Pakistan is paying for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is 
now evident. The paralysis of the Government in the face of the country&#8217;s 
two greatest threats &#8211; a worsening economy and terrorism &#8211; is a sign of lack 
of leadership, particularly the charismatic ability to rally great numbers 
of people. Bhutto had plans for dealing with both threats, and the capacity 
to persuade people to back her, even if her record gave reason to worry that 
she would see the plans through.]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Hated Burma junta is facing one hell of a challenge to its isolation]]></title>
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Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:35 BST
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<![CDATA[It is impossible not to hope that the catastrophe in Burma undermines one of 
the most oppressive and unpleasant dictatorships in the world. There are a 
few reasons why it might, although the regime's brutal resilience means that 
this can be only a slim chance.]]>	
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