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<BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff><FONT size=+1><B>THE WORLD THIS WEEK from the
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS</B></FONT><BR>June 10, 2005 <BR><BR>
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<P><B>CFR INDEPENDENT TASK FORCE ON ARAB REFORM</B></P>
<P>An independent, bipartisan Council Task Force co-chaired by former Secretary
of State <B>Madeleine K. Albright</B> and former Congressman <B>Vin Weber</B>
(R-Minn.) concludes the United States should support the evolutionary
development of democracy consistently throughout the Middle East.</P>
<P>· <A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,6eoe,4e9r,9zz,8idg">Report:
"In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How"</A><BR>· <A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,6eoe,4e9r,9zz,8idg"></A><I><A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,bf62,4wqn,9zz,8idg">Washington
Post</A></I><A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,bf62,4wqn,9zz,8idg">
Op-Ed: "The Right Path to Arab Democracy" by Albright and Weber</A><BR>· <A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,6eoe,4e9r,9zz,8idg"></A><A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,606b,l951,9zz,8idg">News
Release: "Bipartisan Task Force Endorses Democracy Promotion"</A></P><FONT
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<P><B>U.S.: "CREDIBLE" INFORMATION POINTS TO SYRIAN PLOT TO KILL LEBANESE
OFFICIALS</B></P>
<P>· <A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,grjf,ix10,9zz,8idg">Q&A:
What's the significance of Lebanon's parliamentary elections?</A><BR>· <A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,9r9r,k5v7,9zz,8idg">Backgrounder:
What is Hezbollah?</A><BR>· <A
href="http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,dd3t,1429,e0z5,4lsm,9zz,8idg">Council
Book: <I>The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Peace and
Prosperity</I>, by Morton H. Halperin, Joseph Siegle and Michael M.
Weinstein</A></P>
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