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...ANTITERRORISM FUNDING 31% Portion of the $16 billion in post-9/11 federal security grants to U.S. states and the District of Columbia that hasn't been spent. Almost $5 billion remains stalled in government coffers $2.2 billion Amount of new spending requested by the Bush Administration for antiterrorism programs in its 2008 budget
...course, just a random ugly experience - the kind of thing that can happen anywhere. But it was the first day I'd ever spent in South Africa, and it left an impression. As I'd discovered firsthand, it can be hard to escape the damaging clichés about Africa - about the perennial curses of bribery, corruption and lawlessness. These negative associations with Africa were much on the minds of people at the summit in Cape Town. "We are fighting an image problem," said Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born cell-phone magnate who has created a multi-million-dollar prize...
...country's long civil war. To Kouchner, those years of frontline experience as a doctor were an invaluable preparation for his new job, and they have, he believes, given him an important edge in political debates with diplomatic colleagues. "The only little advantage I have is that I spent 40 years of my life [working] with my two hands somewhere," he says. "That is all." For now, that perspective has injected a dynamic air of optimism and energy into Kouchner's new role...
Wedged on history's timeline between Caesar and Massoud is a figure who can stake a claim as the archetype of the modern military folk hero. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the 19th century Italian general who spent 12 years fighting for independence movements in Brazil and Uruguay before returning home to lead battles to unify Italy, was an international icon both during and after his lifetime. Though historians debate his tactical skills and political sense, few question his integrity, courage or charisma, which were chronicled for decades by writers from around the world. As such, Garibaldi remains a model that transcends time...
...Tony Blair takes his leave of 10 Downing Street and mulls his likely appointment as the new Pasha of Middle East Peace, I'd like to pass on to him an old Jewish tale that I heard from a western diplomat who spent a frustrating year dealing with the Israelis and Palestinians. It's the story of the Baron...