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		<title>A Solid Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Election season has arrived in the Middle East. It seems that most of the residents of this troubled region have cast ballots in the past 12 months. Truly, what appeared impossible a few years ago is now happening before our eyes. While there is justifiable anguish about Hamas&#8217;s recent victory in the Palestinian elections and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illiberal Democracy on the Rise?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[published in THE WEEKLY STANDARD Recent events highlight the need for liberal institutions in the Middle East; here&#8217;s how to promote them. by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross &#38; Nir Boms 04/13/2006 12:00:00 AM When Americans learned that 41-year-old Afghan citizen Abdul Rahman could be put to death for converting to Christianity, they were outraged. Chuck Colson spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Summer Persecution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 10:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi The National Interest &#124; Tuesday, June 15, 2004 In recent years, summer in Iran has been marked by uprisings, strikes, public protests and the government&#8217;s harsh crackdown against them. There are signs this summer will be no different. As the anniversary of the anti-government uprising of July 1999 approaches, [...]]]></description>
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