Former diplomats urge continued U.S. involvement in world peace.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Leon Fooksman

PALM BEACH, Fla. _ Despite technological and economic advances, the world's governments still face major hurdles in curbing ethnic conflicts, widespread disease and rogue nations, former diplomats said Monday.

Warring groups continue to wreak havoc in the Balkans, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. AIDS remains a leading killer in South Africa and India. Dictators persist in weakening already impoverished regions in Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

With so much instability, the Bush administration needs to maintain the U.S. tradition of involvement...

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