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Toulouse Shootings Suggest France is Mishandling Radical Islamists
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Toulouse Shootings Suggest France Mishandling Radical Islamists 
France appears to have badly mishandled the case of Mohammed Merah, the gunman responsible for the school killings in Toulouse last week. Despite numerous signs of radical Islamist leanings — including being placed on the U.S. no-fly list, claiming he had been trained by radical Jihadists, and threatening to kill a French family in 2010 after it objected to his attempt to force their son to watch videos of beheadings — he was not detained by French authorities. Measures being contemplated to combat radical Islam in France do not address the underlying societal causes of this threat, as LIGNET explains.
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Gulf States Prepare for a Conflict with Iran 
As rhetoric heats up over Iran’s drive to develop nuclear weapons, Iran’s neighbors in the Persian Gulf region are reworking their reliance on “soft power” to defend themselves against the growing threat.
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Five Reasons Why Burma’s Future Is Brightening
Over the last 50 years the world has seen its share of authoritarian regimes and among the worst has been Burma, whose people have been brutally repressed under a military junta since the early 1960s. But major change on the horizon could allow the country to emerge from its international isolation and status as one of the world’s most oppressive regimes. These changes were powerfully demonstrated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s historic visit to Burma last December and her meeting with opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
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