Nir’s Notes

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Shortwave Democracy

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Middle East, UN, Voices of Democracy

  By Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck Published June 28, 2004 Although it often seems like a solitary outpost of democratic sanity, the United States is not alone in waging the war of ideas. Since September 11, more than a dozen privately ownedpro-democracy radio stations have emerged in freedom-starved countries like North Korea, Syria, Iran [...]

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North Korea: A Time for Action

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Human Rights, North Korea

By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | March 9, 2005 North Korea human rights abuse has reached a new peak last month in the midst of another nuclear crisis that was initiated by Pyongyang. Amid North Korea’s announcement that it possesses nuclear weapons and is suspending its participation in “six-nation” nuclear talks, Kim Jong Il’s Stalinist regime also [...]

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