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...those giddy, unexpected days when the cold war unraveled - when hippies in Prague sang passionate ballads not about Che Guevara but General George Patton - there was no denying that our world had been transformed. A century scarred by world wars, genocide and the fear of nuclear annihilation seemed to vanish before our eyes. This genuine euphoria, embraced by left and right alike, was captured in Francis Fukuyama's 1992 best seller The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argued that we may have reached "the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization...
...Walid Jumblatt, a member of Parliament and one of the leaders of Lebanon's governing coalition. Still, Jumblatt, a top American ally, is under virtual house arrest. After the lightning speed with which opposition Hizballah fighters defeated government supporters in a six-hour battle on Thursday - only to vanish a few hours later - it became clear that it is pointless to resist the Iranian and Syrian-backed militia, which could return at any time. "I am a hostage now in my home in Beirut," he said over the telephone to his rival Nabih Berri, the speaker of parliament...
...Since hideous facial lesions were first spotted on Tasmanian devils in 1996, the species has been in freefall. At current rates, it's predicted that one of Australia's most unusual animals could vanish from the wild within three years. Spread by biting during mating and one of only three communicable cancers ever seen, devil facial tumor disease has baffled scientists. And as it rages through 60% of the devils' habitat, introduced pests like feral cats and foxes have been taking the place of Tasmania's largest native predator...
Most Israelis realize they must give the Palestinians their own state. To hang on to the occupied territories would mean that before long, Arabs would outnumber the Jews in so-called Greater Israel. Some of Israel's anxieties would vanish if Israelis reached peace with the Palestinians. But both groups are so bound up in their own sense of victimization--the Israelis over the Holocaust, the Palestinians over the loss of their land--that they are blind to the legitimate needs of the other. Palestinians speak of pushing the Israelis into the sea. Israelis speak of driving the Arabs into...
...resignation throws into question the future of the powerful Lee business clan. As a shareholder in Samsung affiliates, Lee holds the loyalty of many Samsung executives, and he is unlikely to vanish from the scene. He was widely expected to attempt to pass control of Samsung to his son, Lee Jae Yong. But that is looking increasingly difficult. The younger Lee resigned from his position as Samsung Electronics' chief customer officer though he will be given a new, yet-to-be-defined role in developing overseas business...