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...kind of banter that only the most verkrampte, or hard-line, Afrikaner would find amusing. But when Andries Treurnicht and Jaap Marais, the leaders of two of South Africa's right-wing political parties, shared a platform in Pretoria earlier this year to protest the government's repeal of laws banning interracial sex and marriage, their racist exchanges produced waves of laughter from the conservative audience...
...when Air Force One landed in Brussels for the start of his first foreign trip since winning re-election, the man of action gave himself over to the art of conversation. "You might call this a listening tour," he said during a press conference with nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. "People have got things on their mind and they want me to hear...
...back to Kabul. Nongovernmental organizations complain that NATO is too thin on the ground to provide security. "The NATO Secretary-General said the alliance was ready" for an Iraq mission, says a top French Defense Ministry official. "But between Kosovo and Afghanistan, we have plenty to do." Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer argues passionately for an alliance presence. "All the allies realize that the international community cannot afford to lose Iraq," he says. "We can't let that country develop into a failed state." The E.U.-U.S. relationship is also being tested over NATO involvement in Iraq. Even before...
...often more concentrated. But even the British have misgivings about the new U.S. legislation. "We must place on record the firm view in support of the principle that regulation of audit and corporate governance is a matter for individual countries," the Confederation of British Industry wrote to the sec. Jaap Winter, a law professor at Rotterdam's Erasmus University who chairs a group of experts advising the European Commission on company law, says conflict should be avoidable. He contends that the U.S. is in some ways catching up with European practice with the new legislation. One example is the stipulation...
...Jaap Overgaag, manager of Charlie’s Kitchen...