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Ариэль Коэн: 2012 год: политика США в отношении России не зависит от Медведева или Путина - ИА REGNUM

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Ариэль Коэн: 2012 год: политика США в отношении России не зависит от Медведева или Путина
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Сегодня, как будто забыв о риторике начала своего президентского срока, президент Медведев следует линии Путина почти в каждом политическом решении. Он разделяет позицию своего предшественника в вопросе выборов в Думу по партийным спискам и запрете одномандатных округов, которые укрепили бы ...
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Loss and Hope - NYTimes.com

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It is painful and puzzling to look back to that day, to the chasm after the second tower fell, when we knew nothing except that fires were burning, an untold number of lives had been lost, and Lower Manhattan was gasping in a cloud of what looked like Pompeian ash. That morning’s terrible events marked a border between one realm and another, a boundary none of us would ever wish to have crossed. Everything had changed — that was how it seemed.

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We tried, almost immediately, to understand how the morning of 9/11 would change our future. A decade later, we’re still trying to understand, looking back and looking ahead. It is not enough simply to remember and grieve.

At first, there was only shock, grief and fear. But by the next evening there was something surprising in the air. Do you remember?

World Trade Center attacks etched on New York psyche | Reuters

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World Trade Center attacks etched on New York psyche

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A couple look out at the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan from a promenade in Jersey City, New Jersey, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

A couple look out at the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan from a promenade in Jersey City, New Jersey, August 20, 2011.

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By Ellen Wulfhorst

NEW YORK | Fri Sep 9, 2011 5:51am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some days New Yorkers look up and remark wistfully that the sky is the same blue as on September 11, 2001. Other days they look up at the sound of an airplane, momentarily worried that it may be flying too low.

Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

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Twin Towers and terrorism: the impact 10 years on | Jason Burke/Francis Fukuyama | Comment is free | The Observer

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Backing violence is easier when it stays virtual. In country after country across the Muslim world, support for Bin Laden and his tactics collapsed when attacks started close to home. In Jordan, it dropped from 57% before bloody attacks on hotels in November 2005 to under 20% in their immediate aftermath. The same phenomenon was seen elsewhere.

What is the overall lesson? The last decade has shown us that our western confidence in globalisation and the convergence of cultures and communities was vastly exaggerated. Communities everywhere are much more parochial, more limited, more resistant to outside influence than ideologues of all kinds would like. Local identities, customs, cultures, ties of blood and shared values are still much more important than any supposed convergence of lifestyles. Yes, there are global economic flows and everyone can hum the soundtrack of Titanic. Yes, there are enthusiastic demands for democracy and rights of free expression or association. But these do not determine why people take up guns. A chaotic, fast-evolving and complex world without overarching narratives generates conflicts in its own image.

Politics and war remain local. When it comes to why people take up arms, for whatever purpose, there are no global rules, only individuals.

Jason Burke's new book The 9/11 Wars is published by Penguin

Egypt, Israel seek normality after embassy storming

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Egypt, Israel seek normality after embassy storming
Egypt, Israel seek normality after embassy storming
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and Israel said on Sunday they wanted a return to normal diplomatic activities after the Israeli ambassador flew home following the storming of the embassy in Cairo during violent protests.

Yemeni army tightens hold on southern city

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Yemeni army tightens hold on southern city
Yemeni army tightens hold on southern city
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni troops killed four Islamist militants on Sunday as the army consolidated its grip on Zinjibar, a day after recapturing the southern city from a group calling itself Ansar al-Sharia, a military spokesman said.

Crime fears color Guatemala's presidential vote

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Crime fears color Guatemala's presidential vote
Crime fears color Guatemala's presidential vote
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalans anxious for relief from out-of-control crime lined up to vote for a new president on Sunday with the leading candidates promising to crack down on gangs and drug cartels terrorizing the country.

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