Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies

Ian Buruma

	Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
	Published: 25 March, 2004
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	Author: Ian Buruma

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Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies

Edwards: Ashamed of my conduct (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_el_ge/edwards_affair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080712/capt.nyol52107120708.all_business_nyol521.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=brzYxgjQoD6ziwVmk2cxKQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Former presidential hopeful John Edwards speaks at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark, N.J., Friday, July 11, 2008. Edwards urged New Jersey lawmakers to raise the state's current hourly rate from $7.15 to $8.50 an hour. He says the move could help lift thousands of working poor into the middle class. Pedro Rivas, head of the New Jersey Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, stands at left. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Edwards says he made a serious error in judgment when he had an affair and is ashamed of his conduct.

Clinton says she wants Obama to win White House (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080808/capt.118d3b1e63ea46bb9b178bceae8d8a3f.clinton_obama_2008_nvjh108.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=te.ak2WeJ6J.jU610iS8Rg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too.

In corn country, McCain says no to ethanol support (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_el_pr/mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080808/capt.106ac3c90d60426da651b2d4c9df0be6.mccain_2008_iacn103.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=l4ZQ8bd1PkCzxsuC4MOzBw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy, look at Iowa State Fair big boar contest winner Freight Train, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain didn't mince words Friday at the Iowa State Fair, telling corn producers he didn't want to subsidize their ethanol but was eager to help market farm products around the world.

Cheney to speak at GOP convention on opening night (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_el_pr/cheney_gop_convention"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080805/capt.40559669b5ac4864b702661c54aa5806.cheney_republican_convention_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=gWQmCQrP7_j2gWkiOI9jYQ--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="In this July 11, 2008 file photo, Vice President Dick Cheney looks on as President Bush makes a statement on energy at the Energy Department in Washington. Will he or won't he? Cheney is one of the nation's most prominent Republicans, but there are doubts about whether he will attend the GOP convention.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vice President Dick Cheney, a conservative favorite but a divisive national figure, will join President Bush in addressing delegates on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, the White House said Friday.

Edwards admits he lied about affair (Politico)

Politico - Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who cast himself as the most electable of Democratic presidential hopefuls, admitted Friday that he held — and lied about — a secret that could have destroyed his campaign and his party’s hopes for the White House.

McCain, Obama urge halt to fighting in Georgia (AP)

AP - The major candidates for president on Friday called on Russia and Georgia to end their military action and appealed for more diplomatic efforts aimed at avoiding a full-scale war.

McCain seeks to define himself and Obama (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_country_first"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080808/i/ra1454998950.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=UqWbJgZF_Qhcr1zexzySWQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Presumptive U.S. presidential nominees Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - John McCain's efforts to define Barack Obama have been well cataloged in recent days, from the substantive (calling Obama a tax raiser slow to offer an energy plan) to the silly (comparing the Illinois senator to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.)

Incumbent Tenn. congressman loses primary (AP)

AP - Being linked to "big oil" turned into a big problem for Tennessee Republican freshman Rep. David Davis, who became the first congressman from that state to lose in a primary in more than four decades.

Pilots' reports on low fuel (AP)

AP - The Aviation Safety Reporting System — a database maintained by NASA — has reports from pilots expressing safety concerns about airline directives pressuring them to fly with uncomfortably low fuel levels. NASA deletes names and other identifying information to encourage pilots, flight crews, dispatchers and others to identify safety problems, including their own mistakes.

Texas executes Honduran man convicted of murder (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/ts_alt_afp/ushondurasexecution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080808/capt.cps.nfo67.080808151907.photo00.photo.default-379x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=buE3tX1.3EI4NWqa0tmzmg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="This undated photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville shows death row inmate Heliberto Chi. Texas Thursday put to death the Honduran national after the US Supreme Court rejected a final attempt to halt his execution on grounds it violated a bilateral treaty.(AFP/TDCJ-HO)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Texas Thursday put to death a Honduran national after the US Supreme Court rejected a final attempt to halt his execution on grounds it violated a bilateral treaty.

Israel likely to skip next UN racism conference (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_racism_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080806/capt.5f18ac181a0e4b018027415fc83260bf.switzerland_uu_racism_conference_fra402.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=jVs5B3I.7ljbTXWDFNPq8A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE ** A Nov. 15, 2006 file photo shows Itzhak Levanon, Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of Israel to Geneva, listening to a session of the Human Rights Council at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Israel will almost surely boycott the United Nations' next racism conference in Geneva, its ambassador said Wednesday, warning that the meeting is likely to sink into the same anti-Semitism that prompted the U.S. and Israel to walk out of the last one seven years ago. (AP Photo/Keystone/Martial Trezzini, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel will almost surely boycott the next U.N. racism conference in Geneva, its ambassador said Wednesday, warning that the meeting is likely to sink into the same anti-Semitism that prompted the U.S. and Israel to walk out of the last one seven years ago.

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