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	Putting an Afghan Face on New U.S. Strategy The revised blueprint in Afghanistan calls for the U.S.-led mission to secure, hold and rebuild, instead of the previous focus on kill, capture and kind of rebuild. But Britain’s secretary of international development adds another ingredient to the mix: secure, hold and rebuild — “through the Afghan government and less around it.” Read More
	New Zealand’s Clark Pushes for World’s Poor It’s hard enough finding the political will to help the world’s poorest in good times, but throw in a global recession — not to mention climate change, a possible flu pandemic and nuclear showdowns — and the poor only get pushed further down the totem pole, but that hasn't deterred New Zealand's former prime minister....Read More
	Remembering the Secret Division of Europe This August 23 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov- Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany that also included a secret protocol effectively cutting up Eastern and Central Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence...Read More
	Violence-Scarred Kids ‘Do the Write Thing’ Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner Sixty young “student ambassadors” were honored last month during a dinner at Washington’s National Press Club for writing about their painful experiences with violence...Read More