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...power, or at least their longstanding habits. His team is encountering two kinds of resistance-common bastardry and the equally corrosive Solomons passivity. Technically, RAMSI works in partnership with the country's government and people. Its performance is monitored by an eminent persons group from the Pacific Islands Forum. Yes, RAMSI is staffed by people from 14 nations in the South Pacific?as Batley, an Australian diplomat, stresses tirelessly. But there's no doubt that the mission is an Australian initiative. Without Canberra's dollars, troops and expertise, RAMSI would not exist. Having committed so much, Australia cannot pull...
...scarcity or capacity of its human capital,” Sirleaf said. “We won because we offered a vision that excited the imaginations of our people and allowed them to hope again.” Sirleaf’s speech filled every seat in the forum, and only winners of an online lottery could obtain tickets. Kavita Sridhar, a second-year Kennedy School student and one of the lucky ticket-holders last night, said afterwards, “It’s amazing to see, as an alumna...
...more than 40,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the U.S. invasion that has turned the country into the fulcrum of regional instability, sectarian conflict and terrorism. So, President Bush's audience at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday cannot help but recall his address to the same forum four years ago, when he made a case for war with Iraq based on a litany of what turned out to be spurious claims concerning active nuclear and chemical weapons programs and ties with al-Qaeda...
...snared dissident was Truong Quoc Huy, a 25-year-old mobile-phone repairman who says he first got interested in politics two years ago after stumbling upon a forum in which exiles and dissidents chatted using PalTalk. Huy began voicing his own opinions about corruption and democracy. But he says he was arrested last year and jailed for nine months, along with his brother Truong Quoc Tuan and a friend, after Huy revealed their identities to PalTalk members they thought were fellow democracy advocates; they now believe one may have been a police infiltrator. Within days of his release...
...demonizing Iran and Syria; if we opened a meaningful and respectful dialogue with the states of the Middle East; if we stopped supporting corrupt Arab regimes; if Britain and America stopped their gun-running activities; and if Muslim leaders in Britain were making it sufficiently clear in the public forum that the taking of any human life is evil. Jim McCluskey Twickenham, England Anyone with even a casual interest in current affairs could see what was coming years ago, given the British government's attitude on immigration and eagerness to please everyone. Now when any plan is brought forward...