yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/21/2008
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Excellent animated primer on the Somalia pirates issue:
Next, Peter Lehr makes the case for Somali pirates in The Guardian while Robert Farley offers the counter-counter-intuitive argument that piracy is bad. And to repeat yesterday’s point to some extent the pirate issue ...
online.wsj.com - 11/25/2008
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online.wsj.com —
It's a safe bet, dear reader, that the
title of this column has caused you to either...
(a) roll your eyes and wonder, What century do you think we're living in? or (b) scratch your head and ask, Yes, why don't we? Wherever you come down, the question ...
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Bret Stephens: Why Don't We Hang Pirates Anymore?
timesonline.co.uk - 11/18/2008
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timesonline.co.uk —
THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands
on the high seas, has been told by the...
Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights. Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been ...
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Pirates can claim UK asylum
informationdissemination.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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informationdissemination.blogspot.com —
Two of my favorite writers, Robert Farley and
Thomas Barnett , have weighed in on Somali piracy,...
and while I agree with every point made by both, I disagree with both writers regarding how to manage the issue of Somali piracy. It isn't that I ...
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Are Pirates the Problem, or the Solution?
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