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Is the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Becoming a Free-Fire Zone?

Richard Weitz | War and Conflict World Politics Review Exclusive

In recent months, Pakistan's new leaders have been insisting that U.S. forces were not conducting covert operations against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants inside Pakistan and that their government would never allow such missions. According to a variety of sources, however, U.S. military forces, though not permanently based in Pakistan, continue to conduct military attacks from Afghanistan against al-Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan's loosely governed northwestern territories.

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Bush Says N. Korea Must Do More, Human Rights Under Scrutiny

Jason Strother | Diplomacy and Strategy

SEOUL, South Korea -- Following talks here this week with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, U.S. President Bush said North Korea must do more if it wants to retire its membership in the "axis of evil." Despite Pyongyang's declaration of its plutonium-based nuclear weapons program and the recent destruction of the cooling tower at its Yongbyon reactor, Bush said North Korea has a long way to go. For the first time during the six-party talks, U.S. diplomacy appears focused on human rights.

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The Games: Political Manipulation of Olympic Proportions

Frida Ghitis | Human Rights

When the Olympic Games begin in Beijing on Friday, it will be just about impossible to avoid getting caught up in the excitement. The world's collective eyes will become fixed on television screens beaming images from China's meticulously organized games. Behind the human drama and dazzling athleticism, however, loom troubling truths about the Olympics: truths not just about these games, but about the organization that runs them, and the way the event has been manipulated over decades for political purposes.

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