The government of the People’s Republic of China is walking the walk, not just talking the talk, in protecting the environment.
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Competition for fresh water will be a more destabilizing force in the 21st century than the quest for oil.
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Barlow, Maude, Tony Clarke. Blue Gold: the Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water. New York: The New Press, 2002.
Fridell, Ron. Protecting Earth’s Water Supply. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2009.
Ghazvinian, John. Untapped: the Scramble for Africa’s Oil. Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2007.
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Klare, Michael T. Blood and Oil: the Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2004.
Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water-the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
Segerfeldt, Fredrik. Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World’s Water Crisis. Washington, D.C.: CATO Institute, 2005.
Shiva, Vandana. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2002.
Snitow, Alan, Deborah Kaufman. Thirst: Fighting the Corporate THEFT of Our Water. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.
Turkey, as an Islamic democracy, should be admitted to the European Union.
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Chairman Mao created more problems than he solved as the “Great Helmsman” of the People’s Republic of China.
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Islam is hostile to women.
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Sharma, Arvind, Katherine K. Young, ed. Her Voice, Her Faith: Women Speak on World Religions. Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 2003.
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The United States should maintain economic, political, military and relations with Saudi Arabia.
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Keating, Susan Katz. Saudi Arabia. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, 2004.
Lippman, Thomas W. Inside the Mirage: America’s Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004.
Nigeria should remain as one state.
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Cunliffe-Jones. My Nigeria: Five Decades of Independence. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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The roots of democracy are taking hold in Iran.
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