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		<title>The Perfect Storm: Mass Transit Infrastructure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday August 24th, New York area commuters woke up to a rude surprise, a double fisted punch into the gut of the metropolitan morning rush. AMTRAK, NJ Transit and Long Island Railroad trains were massively delayed, affecting millions of commuters and demonstrating the caustically antiquated infrastructure of the country’s largest mass transit systems. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to comply with nearly the impossible, and who to hire to help do it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new U.S. law requires public companies that make personal electronic devices to audit the materials used in their products and make these findings public. This supply-chain challenge presents a daunting task and hopefully a human rights mechanism to encourage the private sector to do the right thing. Most of the readers of this website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: RIM, A Canadian Gem Confronts Middle Eastern Scrutiny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Freedom-Kai Phillips Canadian based Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) and officials from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are nearing completion of an official agreement to allow the continued operation of RIM’s BlackBerry instant messaging service. The row began over security concerns put forward by UAE and Saudi officials regarding their inability to monitor communications [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?p=781</link>
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		<title>Why is Steele making tour plans on Embassy Row?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Steele, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, probably wanted a taste of diplomatic life or had so many holes in his calendar that his team thought up ways to occupy his time. Either way, POLITICO broke the story that Republican National Committee is trying to set up meetings between Chairman Steele and foreign ambassadors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?p=774</link>
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		<title>About as Juicy as Diplomacy Gets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International diplomacy got really interesting this week as celebrities, UN resolutions, Cold War espionage and diamonds splashed news headlines around the world. A statement posted on her website read, &#8220;Jennifer Lopez would never knowingly support any state, country, institution or regime that was associated with any form of human rights abuse…After a full review of [...]]]></description>
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