The disastrous state of State
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AND so, Condoleezza Rice, the national security advisor, is to replace Colin Powell as President George Bushâs secretary of State.
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The normally hushed corridors of diplomacy are about to get a jolt.
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David Blunkett&#39;s private and public lives collided spectacularly over the weekend, putting his future ministerial career in peril at just about the worst possible moment.
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President Bush has declared a state of major disaster in the storm-ravaged southern US state of Florida, hit by four strong hurricanes since last month.
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Conditions are less than ideal, let us say, for President George W. Bush's last state of the union speech, to be delivered today. This is an administration that had precious little to boast about even before the economy began to nose-dive - a calamity that may not yet be plain in the figures but was certified by the Federal Reserve's dramatic interest rate cut last week. One wonders, how much worse can things get for this White House?
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The country's interim government is being besieged by mounting criticism from every sector of society.
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Iraq now ranks as the second most unstable country in the world, ahead of war-ravaged or poverty-stricken countries such as Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Congo, Afghanistan, Haiti and North Korea, according to the 2007 Failed State index issued today by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for ...
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The re-election of Narendra Modi, arguably Indiaâs most incendiary politician, was a blow to the ruling party.
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Food, fuel, and know-how are flowing into the totalitarian state, but citizens are dispirited.
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TWO weeks ago, the State House looked like a scene from the movie &quot;Titanic,&quot; dazed occupants reeling from the latest iceberg.
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IT SHOULD not be surprising that a classified National Intelligence Estimate completed late last month projects three scenarios for Iraq over the next year and a half that range from dicey to disastrous -- from fragile stability to civil war among Sunni
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At least seven states are completely out of assistance money or will be soon.
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Insurgency-wracked Afghanistan will become a failed state if urgent steps are not taken to tackle a deteriorating security situation and lackluster reconstruction and governance efforts, experts warned in separate reports Wednesday.
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Lee Kuan Yew sees perils for the city-stateâs future in Chinaâs rise, the world economy and climate change.
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It should not be surprising that a classified National Intelligence Estimate completed late last month projects three scenarios for Iraq over the next year and a half that range from dicey to disastrous -- from fragile stability to civil war among Sunni
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The Bhopal disaster in India in 1984 was the world&#39;s worst chemical disaster. Toxic gas leaked from the poorly maintained and understaffed plant owned by Union Carbide, killing up to 20,000 people and leaving 120,000 chronically ill.
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Â· No plans for state of emergency, Guardian told Â· President's woes grow as exiled rival plans return