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<channel><title><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - World Opinion Roundup - The Latest in Global Commentary on International News]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402893.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><description><![CDATA[World Opinion Roundup surveys the latest commentary, editorials, and Op-Eds on breaking news from pundits in Europe, the Mideast, Latin America, Asia and Africa. ]]></description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss</link><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif </url></image>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Palestinian Parliamentary Elections ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/17/AR2006011700747.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/17/AR2006011700747.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:08:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What does Hamas's apparent victory mean? ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Country Profile: Lebanon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000665.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000665.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:01:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ People | Politics | Media ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Background on Syria and the Rafiq Hariri Investigation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201741.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201741.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:55:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Why is Syria in the news? ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Questions & Answers on the Iraqi Constitution Referendum ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101034.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101034.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:23:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Why is Iraq's constitution in the news? <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192412840" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192412840" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Excerpts From the Iraqi Constitution ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100961.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100961.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:05:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Note: Excerpted from the translation provided by the Associated Press. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ In Katrina's Eye, Visions of America ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090200795.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090200795.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:39:04 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the world media sees an appalling human tragedy and some lessons for the sole remaining superpower. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Pessimism Clouds Constitution's Prospects ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082400663.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082400663.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:30:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As the Iraqi National Assembly considers the latest draft of the country's proposed constitution, Tuesday's headlines in Baghdad suggested a capital city close to meltdown. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iraq's Constitutional Process Explained ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082200334.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082200334.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:15:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What is the status of Iraq's constitution?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192413376" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192413376" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza Explained ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081000713.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081000713.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:36:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A brief explanation of Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip: ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Don't Call It an Exit Strategy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071301880.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071301880.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A U.S. exit strategy for Iraq is beginning to take shape, though few U.S. and British officials care to call it that. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Muslims Again Confront Terrorist Image ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/12/AR2005071200427.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/12/AR2005071200427.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:57:05 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Twenty-year-old Shahera Akther Islam had an appointment at the dentist's last Thursday morning, reports the Guardian on its page devoted to the victims of the July 7 bombings in London. She has not been heard from since. Shahera embodied multicultural London, according to the Times. A devout Muslim and dedicated shopper, she was "happy in a hijab or high heels." ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Brits Debate Iraq Factor in Bombings ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070800904.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070800904.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:33:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What prompted the bombs in London yesterday? Did the war in Iraq fuel the attacks that killed at least 50 Londoners or was it Islamic fundamentalism?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192413842" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192413842" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A Blow to Tony Blair, World President ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070700955.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070700955.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:09:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Terror struck at Tony Blair's finest hour. As host and driving force of the Group of Eight summit, the British prime minister was close to assuming the role akin to that of a world president on Thursday morning. His dream of forging a global political agenda for the planet was coming to fruition at the moment the explosions ripped through London's subways and a double-decker bus. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Live 8 Short on Africans ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/05/AR2005070500721.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/05/AR2005070500721.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:03:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ About the only thing missing from the global Live 8 concerts to end poverty in Africa was the participation of Africans. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iraq Strategy: Withdraw or Fight On? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063000530.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063000530.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:03:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In the wake of President Bush's speech on Iraq, international online commentators are talking about something American pundits are not: political negotiations to blunt the militant insurgency in Iraq. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iraq Realities Force Bush to Respond ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062800442.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062800442.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:00:09 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Once again, the Sunday Times scooped the U.S. press on a big Iraq war story. "US 'in talks with Iraq rebels,'" the London newspaper reported this weekend.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192414236" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192414236" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Why the Mainstream Media Is Catching On ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062201827.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062201827.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:20:11 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Downing Street Memo continues to spread in American political discussion despite efforts to dismiss its significance. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Guantanamo Debate Comes Home ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062001107.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062001107.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:36:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S.-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, needs "to be closed down or cleaned up," former president Bill Clinton told the Financial Times. It may be surprising that the former American president is quoted in a British newspaper. But then again the international online media has long been ahead of U.S. news outlets in airing debate about the detention facility. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Vote or Boycott? Iran's Online Debate ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061600452.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061600452.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:15:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Iranian media's coverage of the Iranian presidential campaign belies the country's image as a monolithic theocratic dictatorship. The online media, in particular, voice the popular dissatisfaction with the country's ruling clerics that has pervaded the run-up to Friday's balloting. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Deep Throat of Downing Street ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/14/AR2005061400494.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/14/AR2005061400494.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:18:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Deep Throat now has an English accent.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192414736" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192414736" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Deflates Blair's Africa Plan ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060900463.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060900463.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:00:04 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The international online media is panning President Bush's and Prime Minister Tony Blair's press conference in Washington on Tuesday. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Downing Street Memo Story Won't Die ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060700474.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060700474.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:18:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ More than a month after its publication, the so-called Downing Street Memo remains among the top 10 most viewed articles on The Times of London site. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Insurgency Through Iraqi Eyes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060200534.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060200534.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:38:16 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Iraqi insurgents have mounted bloody suicide attacks on civilians in recent weeks, the Iraqi press has become preoccupied with the specter of "sectarian conflict" -- and the difference between U.S. and Iraqi news coverage has become clearer. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ A Resounding 'Non' for Europe ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053100576.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053100576.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2005 11:09:07 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The people of France have spoken and there's not much dispute in the international online media about what they had to say.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192415163" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192415163" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iran's Election, Nuclear Diplomacy in the Shadow of War ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/11/25/AR2005032500625.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/11/25/AR2005032500625.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 10:05:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Domestic politics and international diplomacy converge in the shadow of war in Iran as the Middle East's most populous country prepares to decide its future. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ First Lady's Sesame Street Adventure ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/02/24/AR2005040701426.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/02/24/AR2005040701426.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 17:54:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The world says "Guantanamo," and the Bush administration replies "Sesame Street." ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Big Day for Bush Foes  ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/12/18/AR2005033001685.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/12/18/AR2005033001685.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 08:30:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Tuesday was a very good day for two of the fiercest foreign critics of the Bush administration, according to the international online media. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ When People Power Is a Problem ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/03/17/AR2005040701201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/03/17/AR2005040701201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 08:24:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Not all rebellions against tyranny are created equal, it seems.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192415651" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192415651" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iraq's Flirtation With the ICC  ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/12/AR2005041903143.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/12/AR2005041903143.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 11:26:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The story was the stuff of a Bush administration nightmare: "Iraq joins the International Criminal Court." ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ 'Day of Victory' Echoes Cold War ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/AR2005051000398.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/AR2005051000398.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 08:21:04 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Scratch the happy surface of Monday's 60th anniversary ceremony in Moscow commemorating the end of World War II and you will find deep apprehension about Vladimir Putin's Russia. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Hamas Running Strong in Palestinian Vote ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/05/AR2005040701128.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/05/AR2005040701128.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 07:52:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's a test of Arab democracy. It's a challenge to Israel. It's a referendum on suicide bombing. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Could Leaks Sink Tony Blair? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/02/03/AR2005040701070.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/02/03/AR2005040701070.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 07:05:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The drip drip drip of press leaks about Tony Blair's decision to join the U.S. invasion of Iraq is eroding the British prime minister's lead in public opinion polls heading into Thursday's election, according to British online commentators.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192416110" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=53192416110" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ U.N. Reform Lost in Translation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/12/29/AR2005033001675.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/12/29/AR2005033001675.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:47:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When it comes to U.N. reform, the United States and the rest of the world are speaking different languages. ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Billionaire Awaits Putin's Justice ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042600162.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042600162.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:38:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Tomorrow's verdict in the trial of Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky will be the first test of President Vladimir Putin's vision for the economy and "social and political life of Russia."  ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Three Ways of Looking at a Pope ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/21/AR2005042300730.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/21/AR2005042300730.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The conservatism of Pope Benedict XVI is playing very differently around the world.  ]]></description><author>washingtonpost.com</author></item>
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