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January 1, 2013

World's Top Priority for 2013

Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor

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The world faces many challenges but none more important than securing democracy in Egypt and elsewhere.

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TAGGED: Malawi, Myanmar, Egypt, Democracy

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