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MADAGASCAR Divided Rule The power struggle for the island's presidency took another twist when a vote recount established former opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana as the winner of December's elections. Presidential incumbent Didier Ratsiraka said he would not accept the result, and four of the island's six provinces said they would secede from the opposition-controlled capital. After intervention from the Organization of African Unity, Ravolomanana agreed to form a government of national reconciliation and prepare for another vote to decide the country's future...
...Pyongyang surprised U.S. officials by offering to resume security talks for the first time in 18 months. The move came a day after Red Cross officials, meeting in Beijing, persuaded North Korea to allow Japanese citizens living there to visit their home country. The White House said it would accept the offer to send a State Department official to the North Korean capital...
Green explains, “What we do want to do is point out how people habitually observe the media. We’re pushing buttons and asking audience members why they accept certain truths and not others...
...there is the possibility of competition, can you really ever trust the others? An intrinsic idea within the working world is the idea that when necessary, people can be dismissed, passed over, out-ranked because “things are just business, not personal.” And we accept this attitude, because we think of the workplace as being a strict meritocracy. But in extracurriculars at Harvard, the two worlds of work and personal life very often intersect. Can you ever really be friends with someone who controls whether you get elected for that coveted position? If they vote...
...stalled U.N. fact-finding mission to Jenin further muddies the diplomatic waters right now. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has scrapped the mission in the face of Israel's refusal to accept its terms. But some Israeli officials claim President Bush offered Sharon support in its dealings with the U.N. over Jenin as an incentive to lift the siege of Ramallah. Israeli officials fear that the Security Council may now call for a more far-reaching inquiry, which could leave the U.S. in a delicate diplomatic situation. It certainly won't help Washington's international standing to use its veto...