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...mission is a dual mission,” she said. “One side of it is in a social capacity and the other is geared more towards women’s outreach...
...Then, says Reinado, "they start the shooting. Chasing people, do whatever they like until the morning. On the 29th they go with the same mission: they are still shooting. It is no more demonstration. Everybody has run away." And with good reason: "They were using grenade launchers against the riot," he says. "I can't believe...
...even military honor was rendered meaningless. On the morning of May 25, regular soldiers fired upon the police barracks in Dili for an hour or more, apparently in retaliation for what may have been an accidental shot from a policeman earlier in the day. The head of the U.N. mission in Dili, Sukehiro Hasegawa, says U.N. advisers negotiated a halt to the shooting, and the Army commander promised the policemen would not be harmed if they surrendered. "We then took these unarmed officers out of the compound and we moved on to the street," Hasegawa told Australia's ABC Radio...
...treacherous sandbars and shifting currents. The country "hasn't had a census since 1984. There are no ID cards in memory. We will need at least 40,000 to 50,000 polling stations," says William Lacy Swing, veteran U.S. ambassador in Africa and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission to Congo. He says the poll will cost $422 million. "Elections should be a time of national unity and reconciliation. But if it is not handled correctly, it can be a moment of great division...
...early 2001 Lay and Jeff Skilling, Enron's longtime leaders, unveiled a new mission statement. No longer would Enron strive to be "The World's Leading Energy Company"; we were going to be "The World's Leading Company." Why limit ourselves to energy? Enron was fast-paced, inventive, exciting; we epitomized the New Economy, able to innovate virtually overnight. Unfortunately, in life, our strengths can become our weaknesses. Just as the dark side of charisma is narcissism, the dark side of innovation is fraud. Enron fell victim to both. Our finance, accounting and legal departments pushed...