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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2017
Weathering the violence caused by climate change
As world leaders grapple with the environmental effects of climate change, they also need to confront the direct threat that it poses to global security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2015
Accounts conflict after Israeli army jeep hits, kills Palestinian in West Bank
An Israeli army jeep struck and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, with the military and locals giving conflicting accounts of the circumstances.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2014
Yanukovych resurfaces in Russia; claims to be Ukraine's rightful leader
Speaking for the first time since leaving Ukraine, fugitive president Yanukovych labels the parliament in Kiev illegitimate and vows to return when it's safe.
COMMENTARY
Feb 28, 2014
China uses Ukraine unrest as argument for stability
China's Communist Party-controlled media appear to be using the unrest in Ukraine as a teaching moment to point out the pitfalls of clamoring for more rapid reforms in a large, multi-ethnic society — one like China's.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2013
Ahead of World Cup, inequities ignite ire in Brazil
The night of June 30 was one of intense drama in Rio de Janeiro. Inside the newly refurbished Maracana stadium, still slick with plaster dust, a gladiatorial atmosphere turned to celebration as Neymar scored Brazil's second goal in a 3-0 victory over Spain in the Confederations Cup final, on the cusp...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 7, 2013
Egyptian secularists get a second chance
Egypt's liberal and secularist groups, long plagued by infighting and poor organization, say the coup that ousted the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, has given them a second wind and a fresh chance to unite.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 6, 2013
U.S. has spotty record on aid cuts after coups
The Foreign Assistance Act, a U.S. law first enacted in 1961, is pretty clear: It says, in Section 508, that the United States must cut aid to any country "whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree."
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2013
Turkish unrest could spread as potential flash points abound
The turmoil in Turkey entered a new stage Sunday, with riot police tearing through residential neighborhoods in Istanbul to clear streets of protesters as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a fiery speech to tens of thousands of supporters on the city's outskirts.

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