Syria's President Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stand together
January saw peace threatening to break out in a number of global hot spots, as if world leaders had made a collective New Year's resolution for harmony. India and Pakistan who not so long ago were at the nuclear brink over Kashmir met for warm talks in Islamabad and promised to keep talking. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared the commitment to talk a victory "for all those peace-loving people of the world."
Syria and Turkey also seem to have gotten over long-standing territorial feuds: last week, Bashar Assad became...
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