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		<title>Europe&#8217;s Misspent Influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By NIR BOMS April 21, 2005  Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111405417240212947,00.html &#8220;Politics is about changing things,&#8221; Javier Solana recently said, emphasizing that Europe has a leading role to play in promoting democracy in the world and particularly the Middle East. Such rhetoric coming out of Europe begins to sound similar to President George W. Bush&#8217;s own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reform Lingo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck Published July 14, 2004, The Washington Times One of the more intriguing aspects of last week&#8217;s transfer of power in Iraq was the reaction it drew from neighboring governments in the region, particularly those that, traditionally, have been anything but democracy-friendly.  Iran&#8217;s mullahs, for instance, &#8220;welcomed&#8221; the transfer as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran and the French Connection</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi Published March 11, 2005 As Washington considers backing the European Union&#8217;s proposal for trade benefits for Iran, troubling revelations emerged this week about Tehran&#8217;s continued mislead-and-cheat tactics to hide the extent of its nuclear weapons program.  The International Atomic Energy Agency revealed earlier that the clerical regime had refused [...]]]></description>
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