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Past Headline Forum Events:
Burma: Cyclone Nargis and Unintended Consequences
Tuesday, July 15th 2008
The devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis on millions of Burmese in the country's delta region is no longer "breaking news", but the entire nation of Burma may suffer the effects of this catastrophe ...
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Blackwater
Monday, June 16th 2008
Nine months after Blackwater Worldwide guards protecting a State Department convoy killed 17 Iraqis, the F.B.I. has still not concluded its investigation into the shooting. It is even rumored that ...
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Legacy of Ashes
Thursday, June 5th 2008
In his balanced, and thus all the more disturbing, history of the CIA, Tim Weiner tells how an agency intended to inform the President about the world became so mired in cloak and dagger politics that ...
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MHF: Baghdad, Berlin and Back
Tuesday, February 26th 2008
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Emily Harris will share her experiences about reporting from abroad and the connections between the people of the Northwest and the people she came across overseas. ...
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North Korea
Wednesday, December 12th 2007
Richard Read, The Oregonian’s senior writer for international affairs, recently returned from his second visit in two decades to North Korea, one of the world’s most isolated nations.
In ...
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Pakistan: Its People and Future
Thursday, November 29th 2007
In the post 9/11 world, The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and General Pervez Musharraf have been described by the United States as partners of the U.S.-led “war on terror”, but Pakistan’s future is ...
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"Israel Lobby" NEW VENUE! Hilton Downtown PDX
Wednesday, October 24th 2007
What is at the heart of the special relationship between the United States and the state of Israel? Does Israel truly represent a strategic U.S. asset in the Middle East? Are the two nations really ...
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Understanding Russia Today
Friday, September 21st 2007
U.S. – Russia relations are cooling; is a Cold War brewing? What will happen when President Putin leaves office in March 2008?
A frequent commentator on U.S. – Russia relations for The Jim Lehrer ...
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Ambassador of China on China and the U.S. SOLD OUT
Tuesday, August 21st 2007
Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong served previously as Assistant and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. He was earlier China’s Ambassador to Australia, as well as to Barbados and Antigua and ...
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