The Intensification of Global Instability

With the outbreak of civil war in Colombia, another country has fallen deeper into the ranks of the unstable. This has been a week of destabilizations. Iran appears to be moving toward internal crisis, Venezuela's political problems are deepening and conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is entering a new era. This troubling spread of instability is rooted in the current structure of the international system. As the world's only superpower, the United States' inevitable obsession with al Qaeda has contributed to this process of destabilization.
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It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World

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CHENEY DENIES PUBLIC REEMERGENCE MEANS BUSH THINKS HE'S EXPENDABLE
Secret Service Lapse Probably Just an Accident, He Says

Vice President Dick Cheney, kept in seclusion for nearly six months to ensure his safety, insisted today his emergence back into public view does not mean the administration thinks it's all right if he dies now.
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