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| Here is a quote by Nicolas Sarkozy from 2006, before he became French President:
[S]ecurity is the responsibility of the State, I am against militias, I am against the private ownership of firearms,... | |
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| The death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn produced predictable reactions from Western commentators. Yes, they said, he was a moral giant for so bravely exposing the evils of the Soviet penitential system... | |
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| The privilege of knowing those who forged our age is often the consequence of an accidental crossing of the paths. In my case, undeserved luck allowed me to encounter Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn... | |
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| George Handlery on the week that was. The visiting kin of dictators are dangerous guests. Russia protects. Inventing the surge retroactively? How to save us from timely success in Iraq? Talk loudly... | |
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| A quote from The Economist blog, 30 July 2008
49% of Walloons said [they would be interested in union with France] (up from 29% less than a year ago). [...] In a way, it is odd that Walloons are so... | |
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| A quote from the Honest Thinking website, 31 July 2008"The European Union's top court," reports the BBC, "has ruled that non-EU nationals married to EU citizens are entitled to live in... | |
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| Regarded as something of an anglophile, Barack Obama has said that it is time to “recalibrate” the relationship between the US and the UK, and to end the “poodle status” of the latter. The... | |
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| Democrats and star-struck adulators will remember Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin as something more than it actually was. “By this foreign policy speech will future ones be measured,” declared dKos... | |
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| More than 200,000 Germans turned out in Berlin on July 24 to hear a carefully stage-managed Barack Obama tell them exactly what they wanted to hear: If he becomes US president, America will become a... | |
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| George Handlery on the week that was. Obama in Berlin: what is in the package? Russia’s permission is needed to defend Europe. Negotiating by not talking. America as an ally. Leopards and their... | |
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