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...President's backers are rallying support for another term. Only Obasanjo, they argue, has the backbone to consolidate economic reforms that include paying off the country's debt and tackling corruption. To Obasanjo's fans, a change of leadership - particularly to Vice President Atiku Abubakar - would threaten any progress. But many of the President's former supporters now accuse him of mismanagement and dictatorial tendencies - charges his allies reject. Changing the constitution will only fuel instability, say critics. Most Nigerians seem to agree: a recent poll by independent researcher Afrobarometer found that 8 out of 10 Nigerians oppose a third...
...than 20 years before deciding to return home in 2005. A key factor that helped us decide was the growth of the economy. TIME's cover story validated our thinking. Your story, however, placed too little emphasis on entrepreneurs and development visionaries and too much emphasis on the politicians. Progress in Bangladesh has come because of the efforts of the former and despite the petty bickering of the latter. Ihtisham Kabir Dhaka...
...here for 11 years, that his message has been consistent and allowed people to go deep in the core areas that we’ve been focusing on, has created a fairly strong foundation,” he said. “We’ve made progress every year in increasing student achievement...
...Democratic and liberal groups had a field day with past Snow comments that were critical of Bush, usually for not being sufficiently ideologically pure. A Center for American Progress headline captured the torrent of e-mail: "Tony Snow On President Bush: 'An Embarrassment,' "Impotent,' 'Doesn't Seem To Mean What He Says.'" The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out its quotes with the subject line, "WELCOME TONY SNOW!" and the office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada sent out a similar list with the headline: "Tony Snow, We Have Some Questions...
...willing," this time, may not be many. Iran's status as the world's fourth-largest oil exporter will likely preclude significant progress in isolating it - the rising tension between the West and Iran has already been cited as a major factor driving oil prices to record highs. Also, Russia, China and many in Western Europe fear that Washington may be preparing the way for another "regime-change" intervention in the Middle East, a course of action they'd deem a more immediate danger to global security than anything being cooked up in Iran's nuclear labs...