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Posts on Aug 1, 2014
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Citizenship of Filipinos Pre-1946
(David Duggan, USA, 08/01/14 2:24 am)
Bienvenido Macario (31 July) asked as to Filipino citizenship before its 1946 independence from the United States, and while I am not well-versed in the law of citizenship, so far as I can tell, Filip
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Philippines and Yamashita`s Gold
(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 08/01/14 2:00 am)
I was fascinated by the posts from Bienvenido Macario (30 and 31 July)
and David Duggan (31 July). Unfortunately, in spite of all my efforts, I
remain mostly Western-centric with my information, w
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Gaza Crisis; Thoughts on the Quran
(Enrique Torner, USA, 08/01/14 12:21 am)
I have been silent about the Israel-Palestine conflict for quite a long time already, but it finally has reached a point when I feel compelled to present my thoughts on this subject, which is just par
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Brazil`s Problems and Challenges
(Rodolfo Neirotti, USA, 08/01/14 12:03 am)
Joe Listo (JL) wrote on 31 July:
"Brazil´s foreign policy has always been that of non-interfering in other countries' internal affairs. It decided to be neutral, perhaps mirroring
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Posts on Jul 31, 2014
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Brazil Recalls Ambassador to Israel; Osvaldo Aranha
(David Fleischer, Brazil, 07/31/14 11:44 pm)
Regarding Brazil's "silence" vis-à-vis Russia following the MH-17 shoot down (see Joe Listo, 31 July), this was because President Dilma Rousseff did not want to upset Pres. P
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Brazil Recalls Ambassador to Israel
(Joe Listo, Brazil, 07/31/14 11:20 am)
Brazil´s foreign policy has always been that of non-interfering in other countries' internal affairs. It decided to be neutral, perhaps mirroring itself on Switzerland. If that is the case,
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Philippines and Yamashita`s Gold
(Bienvenido Macario, USA, 07/31/14 12:29 am)
I'm so glad David Duggan brought up our discussion in Adrian last fall about the post-war Philippines. (See David's post of 30 July.) It's true the political division in the Ph
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Gaza Crisis; Brazil Recalls Ambassador to Israel
(Massoud Malek, USA, 07/31/14 12:00 am)
The great 13th-century Persian poet Rumi said: "I go to a synagogue, a church and a mosque, and I see the same spirit and the same altar."
Today we are witnessing the slaughter of Pale
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Posts on Jul 30, 2014
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Gaza Crisis; Divan Orchestra
(Rodolfo Neirotti, USA, 07/30/14 11:36 pm)
Yusuf Kanli wrote on 30 July:
"Israelis have the right to self-defense as much as Palestinians have the right to live on their ancestral homeland."
As usual, Yusuf's po
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Monetary Shenanigans in Philippines
(David Duggan, USA, 07/30/14 1:02 pm)
Bienvenido Macario's comments (30 July) on the Filipino aristocracy's spiriting out of their country of billions of dollars calls to mind a well-oiled conversation I had with him at last Octob
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