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Olympics Signal Progress, Challenges for Brazil(0)

October 27, 2009

By Dane Fisher
On October 2, Barack Obama became the first American president ever to appeal to the International Olympic Committee on behalf of a U.S. candidate city, stating his case in Copenhagen for his adopted hometown of Chicago. The President and his $1.2 million trip evidently failed to persuade the 96 members of the committee, [...]

Olympics Signal Progress, Challenges for Brazil

Protocols normalize relations between Armenia, Turkey but debate continues

By William A. Bairamian
Early in October, the countries of Armenia and Turkey signed a set of protocols that are to normalize relations between the two countries for the first time in over a century. The reconciliation was pushed for strongly by the U.S. Department of State, and was cursorily supported by the French and Russian [...]

Political Tensions Flare in Soccer

By Boaz Rakocz
In Israel, they have a saying; “We live from one Saturday to the next”, and it has nothing to do with the holy ‘Shabbat’ day of rest. Saturday is match day of the soccer major league and most sport-loving families either go to the stands or sit at their homes in front of [...]

Opinion: Dutch Politician Offends SIPA Sensibilities, Still Deserves to Speak on Campus

By Kara Davies
Controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders won one for free speech last Wednesday when he spoke before approximately 150 students and invited guests at a campus event sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans. In his address, he warned of the growing threat Islamization poses to America and Europe. “ The dearest of our many [...]


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