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The wonders of green tea
More often than not, a cup of tea is all that what your body needs Faben Getachew ‘Tea is a cup of life,’ so goes an ancient saying. It indeed is. The Chinese knew all too well about the health benefits of tea since ancient times, and have used it …
Another chance for peace in Darfur
Darfur, an area the size of France, had gripped the world when a civil war broke in 2003 and lasted for three years claiming the lives of an estimated 300, 000 Darfuris and 2.7 million Drfuries internally displaced. It’s a complicated civil war with complicated players involved, and any peace …
The logic of Russia’s support for Assad regime
Mark N. Katz Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution seeking to induce Syria’s Assad regime to stop killing its own citizens. Moscow has been particularly vociferous about preventing “external interference” in Syria or of even supporting the call for Bashar al-Assad to cede power to his vice …