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...offices and the candidates, and anyone who gets in our way will die," spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi told TIME by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location. At the same time, any victory that smells too much of U.S. influence could taint rather than legitimize Karzai and widen the murderous ethnic divisions among Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras. The vote could also conceivably strengthen the warlords, weakening Karzai's ability to govern. He's trying to secure victory through brokered deals, offering some of the warlords jobs in his next Cabinet. As John Sifton of Human Rights Watch, a U.S. monitoring...
...considered one of the few candidates who don't have blood on their hands from the bitter 1992-96 civil war. (Massouda Jalal, a plainspoken doctor and the sole woman in the field, is another.) Nor is Karzai pushing the interests of his fellow Pashtuns ahead of other ethnic groups. Pragmatic Afghans realize that foreign aid, which totaled $2.3 billion this year, might dry up if Karzai, who is well respected in the West, were to lose...
...food chain. Lenny’s refusal to kill and be “like other sharks” makes him the odd fish out. They’re also Italian-American gangsters, a quasi-racist touch to a film rife with problematic ethnic representations (the film’s stereotypical representation of African-American culture is another topic entirely...
...campaign seems to have had some success—as six of the nine candidates endorsed were elected to positions on this year’s council. Furthermore, about 50 percent of the 49 elected representatives are ethnic minorities and five black students were elected compared to a meager two last year. Diversity—racial, religious, ideological and otherwise—is important for the council in order to best represent the interests of Harvard’s diverse community. In the future, we hope that this campaign will inspire more members of underrepresented groups to run for office...
...look for ways to grant the territory some meaningful autonomy, even if it is under the umbrella of the Russian Federation. Moreover, to hold extremists in check, governments across the world must learn to be receptive to diverse viewpoints. Alienation and suppression of contrary opinion and groups, whether ethnic, religious or sectarian, are ultimately counterproductive. We need to prevent sowing the seeds of evil that grew into the horror of Beslan. Chinedu Nwankwo Umungasi, Nigeria Time to Get Down Columnist Joe Klein's "All You Have To Do Is Believe" [Sept. 20] quoted an unnamed prominent Democrat who said...