Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 3, 2013
Analysis: Soaring Syria Death Toll Brings Intervention No Closer -- Yara Bayoumy and Alistair Lyon, Reuters
(Reuters) - The death toll in Syria now exceeds 60,000, the United Nations says. Another 100,000 may die this year, warns U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. About 220 were killed on Wednesday alone.
"When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door," goes a song by American musician Paul Simon.
But in Syria those bloody notches show no signs of braking a headlong struggle to the death watched from afar by divided outside powers, most of whose leaders seem convinced that the risks of direct intervention outweigh any possible rewards.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
What's next for Syria in 2013? -- CNN Staff
The Promise of the Arab Spring: In Political Development, No Gain Without Pain -- Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs
The Year the Arab Spring Went Bad -- F. Gregory Gause, Foreign Policy
Iran Faces a Rough 2013 -- Alireza Nader, Real Clear World
The real challenge for Pakistan -- I.A Rehman, DAWN
Obama-Karzai talks near: How many US troops should stay in Afghanistan? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Is China the OPEC of Rare Metals? -- Daniel McGroarty, Real Clear World
Could gang-rape protests mark beginning of an age of activism for India? -- Vaishnavi Chandrashekar, Christian Science Monitor
Japan's Growing Sovereign Debt Time Bomb -- Anne Seith, Spiegel Online
Nigeria - where every problem is too hard to fix -- Gwynne Dyer, NZHerald
British look in the mirror, shocked by what they see -- Barry Neild, Global Post
Greece's only certainty in 2013? Predictions are futile -- Nick Malkoutzis, The Guardian
Getting Latin America Right -- Julia E. Sweig, National Interest
Falklands again? Why Argentina's Kirchner keeps pushing the issue with Britain. -- Jonathan Gilbert, Christian Science Monitor
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