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    Hmmmn, a good list: perhaps I could grow to like America.  The one time I saw the Kronos Quartet I…
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    • Jerome, thanks for another well-written post.  As with your previous observations on these issues, I agree with your support for…
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    • Here is a good post from a Peace Corps volunteer in Uzbekistan which gives an overview of the transition from…
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    • about the region.  However, the front page of registan.net contains the following observation about two common misconceptions with Uzbekistan: The…
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    • and that there has been some cleaning up of the corpses and blood in the streets. Here is an eyewitness…
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    • I think the Erdmaennchen is known more widely as a Meerkat. They are fascinating creatures to watch as they run…
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    • Thanks, Slacker, for this very interesting insight. Just goes to show that in international conflict / negotiation, you cannot necessarily…
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    • Thanks, Ductape.  These developments are both interesting (in the case of Azerbaijan) and disturbing (in the Iraq/Syria border instance).  Perhaps…
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    • what you have described is played out repeatedly in political and community groups across the world.  Some people get on…
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    • Sory, meant to say that it is years since I heard any Pink Floyd played, and to find you so…
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    • I like the photos.  Thanks for sharing some of your experiences. I was taken by the photo captioned "Windhoek as…
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    • Thanks for this, dukkha, saved me the effort.  As you can see, i come from Canberra.  Where are you (&…
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    • to detain a non-US citizen without due process! 🙂
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    • Sorry - I must be an ignorant foreigner: which three US citizens are held incommunicado?
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    • Perceptive comment & very good point about NZ - (we have a traditional rivalry across the Tasman Sea: NZ briefly…
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    • A very good question, hanni, and one which is not answerable in a sentence. The British colonies in Australia (each…
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    • Thanks, Diane.  I agree with you - see my comment in response to Dove.  The idea of the state which…
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    • Absolutely agree with you, Dove.  Governments of both sides of politics in Australia have been gradually dismantling the welfare system…
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