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Great Responsibility By Daniel W. Drezner 05/06/2003 E-Mail Bookmark Print Save TCS Americans like to think of themselves as generous to the less fortunate. It's therefore disheartening to read in the Financial Times that, "Japan and the US are the least helpful of the rich countries towards the developing world, according to a new measure from a leading think tank." The "leading think tank" is the Center for Global Development (CGD), a recent offshoot of the prestigious and nonpartisan Institute for International Economics (IIE) Anyone familiar with IIE's work over the past two decades knows that they excel at producing...

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There are some very strange occurances happening around the world today. Typical ally's are "jumping ship" and becoming verbally abusive to the policies of President Bush and the United States in general. I think I know the answer to this change in view, but I'd like to hear some other responses. Thanks! Lyle A. Koch

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MY FELLOW CITIZENS: As we all know, the Taliban considers it a sin for a man to see a naked woman who is not his wife. So, this Saturday at 2:00 PM (ET) all American women are asked to walk out of their house completely naked to help weed out any neighborhood terrorists. Circling your block for one hour is recommended for this anti-terrorist effort. All men are to position themselves in lawn chairs in front of their house to prove they are not Taliban, demonstrate that they think it's okay to see nude women other than their wife and...

The United Nations gave Iraq 48 hours warning before it launched U-2 spy planes in support of weapons inspectors, according to an Israel radio report cited by the Jerusalem Post.

A war hero's widow who faced eviction from her home today has been granted a reprieve. According to a veteran's group that's trying to help 70-year-old Lois Leonard keep her house, U.S. Bank in Mobile, Ala., has agreed to extend its deadline a "few days" for her to come up with the $64,000 necessary to redeem it.