The global war on terror was misinterpreted to justify a wide variety of actions, including the misguided and expensive Iraq War, which damaged America s image.

In one his final legacies, Ahmadinejad proposed legislation to reduce working hours for eligible women.

And the trade unions, whose power he has done so much to reduce, have been open in saying that they want a new party leader.

And then, as occurred everywhere else, the global economic crisis that began in 2008 constrained growth, fueling social tensions.

In fact, China probably limited the increase this year after recognizing that the international community is becoming alarmed by the steep upward trajectory of its military build up.

By not keeping its promises to allow peaceful demonstrations and free Internet access, China undercut its soft power gains.

In fact, he had long promoted Mashai as his successor, but Khamenei curtailed his illegal efforts and has now put a stop to Mashai s candidacy altogether.

The revolution s radical phase seemed to end in 1920 when General Alvaro Obregón seized power he limited land reforms and sought reconciliation with the United States.

President George W. Bush made a tactical error in declaring a global war on terrorism.  He would have done better to frame the response as a reply to Al Qaeda, which had declared war on the US.

Shortly after redeploying to the borders of Gaza, Israel severely restricted ties between Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the movement of goods in or out of Gaza.

Iran s filtering committee now seems to have selectively reinstated the filtering on the new https website, but it has limited this to the Persian language version of Global Voices (fa.globalvoices.org)

Significantly, Obama restricted his tour to Asia s leading democracies India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea which surround China and are central to managing its rise. Yet he spent all of last year assiduously courting the government in Beijing in the hope that he could make China a global partner on issues ranging from climate change to trade and financial regulation.

Significantly, Obama restricted his tour to Asia s leading democracies India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea which surround China and are central to managing its rise.

Rather than permit price surveys in a random sample of locations (required for accuracy), China restricted data collection to a few urban areas.

As Iran seeks to assert its influence and interests, as well as those of its Shia allies, its dispute with the Security Council over its nuclear program has become closely tied to its regional ambitions.

Vigorous discussions continue to take place in Kyrgyz society about a law that would limit the rights of LGBT people to hold Pride events and promote tolerance towards homosexuality, actions the two lawmakers that proposed the bill consider propaganda .

At the same time, Facebook reported that it restricted access to 55 pieces of content in Russia, based on requests from Russian authorities (compared to 29 content restriction requests fulfilled during the first half of 2014).

In its quarterly inflation report, the Bank cut its forecasts for growth to 1.7 in 2017 and 1.6 in 2018 and cautioned the squeeze on household incomes would continue, with inflation still expected to surge close to 3 in the autumn.