http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=14&L=en Foreign Affairs Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:12 -0500 2010 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=52134&L=en Sarajevo/Brussels - Mostar, the largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a Croat majority will face new and potentially dangerous strains if its leaders do not break a deadlock that has paralysed its government for nine months. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=46993&L=en After more than six years, Egypt and the United States have resumed their formal strategic dialogue. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=43899&L=en Indonesia has offered to spearhead U.N. peacekeeping in fellow Muslim country Somalia, but a mission is too risky for now as the Somali government battles Islamist rebels, a U.N. official said on Wednesday. Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=731&L=en  Russia is deep in the summer doldrums. But it's only a month until children return to school, and in some cases, to a new subject: "The Foundations of Orthodox Culture." "I want to know about God," says Lyuda, a 6-year-old girl living in Kirov Oblast. "It's interesting for me." Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=683&L=en By Kathleen Ridolfo Leaders of Iraq's Christian community estimate that over two-thirds of the country's Christian population has fled the country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. While exact numbers are unknown, reports suggest that whole neighborhoods of Christians have cleared out in the cities of Baghdad and Al-Basrah, and that both Sunni and Shi'ite insurgent groups and militias have threatened Christians. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=642&L=en By Raanan Eliaz In an interview Nicolas Sarkozy gave in 2004, he expressed an extraordinary understanding of the plight of the Jewish people for a home: “Should I remind you the visceral attachment of every Jew to Israel, as a second mother homeland? There is nothing outrageous about it. Every Jew carries within him a fear passed down through generations, and he knows that if one day he will not feel safe in his country, there will always be a place that would welcome him. And this is Israel.” (From the book “La République, les religions, l’espérance”, interviews with Thibaud Collin and Philippe Verdin.) Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=560&L=en By Stephen Kaufman  Following discussions with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet on a regular biweekly basis to discuss immediate concerns and a long-term political horizon that would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=355&L=en By Claire BiggFor the first time, Russia chaired the Group of Eight (G-8) most industrialized nations --a presidency that significantly raised Moscow's international standing. Economically, 2006 also brought important breakthroughs, including mounting energy profits and the signing of a landmark deal with the United States paving the way for World Trade Organization membership. Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=154&L=en Ever since national frontiers were invented, people have been crossing them -- not just to visit foreign countries, but to live and work there. In doing so, they have almost always taken risks, driven by a determination to overcome adversity and to live a better life. Those aspirations have always been the motors of human progress. Historically, migration has improved the well-being, not only of individual migrants, but of humanity as a whole. Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs Kofi Annan http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=45&L=en The conflict in Bosnia was brought to an end by forced international intervention -mostly American- which resulted with the Dayton Peace Agreement, signed on December 14th, 1995. Bosnia was placed under stronger international supervision, becoming a sort of experiment for post-war reconstruction. A High Representative was established with wide-ranging powers to intervene on both political and economical levels where the situations are deemed critical. Several international organizations, such as the OSCE, UNHCR, and NATO, took on the daunting roles of repairing the war damage, trying to install democracy and security in Bosnia. Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=44&L=en The old Turkish area of Sarajevo bustles with activity as merchants try to sell their ware, locals stroll for hours down the many pedestrian streets or sit in outdoor cafes. Trendy stores and boutiques remain open till late at night. The general mood is festive, the calm of the city interrupted by the traditional Muslim call for prayer and occasional church bells. Nothing, save the bullet holes on the sidewalks and buildings, indicates the war-zone that Sarajevo was, not so long ago. Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs Miriam Rabkin http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=109&L=en Today's Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the latest manifestation of a protracted and bitter dispute that has taken various shapes over the past 120 years. Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500 Foreign Affairs Neil Caplan