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...Ulster” from Westminster to Belfast. By doing so, the body’s members resolved what many considered the final obstacle to implementation of the Good Friday Peace Accord of 1998—the agreement that ended a 30-year period of violent conflict that claimed the lives of more than 3,500 Catholics and Protestants. February’s agreement on “devolution” is a testament to the strength and perseverance of Northern Ireland’s political leaders and citizenry who, 12 years after reaching an initial agreement, have finally positioned themselves...
...what lessons can be drawn from this remarkable achievement in peacemaking and conflict resolution? To what extent could those lessons inform the international community’s approach to issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...what does this experience have to teach us about the conflict in the Middle East? Northern Ireland Secretary of State Shaun Woodward summed it up best when he said, “The Israelis and Palestinians should see from our example that it doesn’t have to be like this. If you work together, that which now seems impossible can be achieved...
...anything but an aberration. Curses, dark rituals and black magic have long been part of the political culture of the country and some of its neighbors. And to some Thai analysts, the strange rite was a rare public revelation of a more covert aspect of the ongoing conflict between the country's political movements - a war of the supernatural. (See pictures of the 2008 protests in Bangkok...
...govern. Newin's real value, however, may be his knowledge of the occult, and in particular Cambodian curses. "Newin's nickname in Thai politics is 'the Wizard of Khmer Black Magic','' Wassana says. Newin's knowledge of Cambodian occult practices may be useful for Abhisit. Because of Thailand's conflict with Cambodia over an ancient border temple, the current PM has also been cursed by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who proclaimed last year, "Let magic objects break your neck, may you be shot, be hit by a car, may you be shocked by electricity or [ may you be shot...