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...rights in a state dominated by a Muslim majority. But for many Bosniaks and Croats, its very existence is an affront and a reminder of the success of Karadzic's campaign of ethnic cleansing. Reuf Bajrovic, a Sarajevo-based political analyst with links to the Social Democratic Party, the successor to the Communist Party and the closest thing Bosnia has to a multi-ethnic party, warns that Bosniaks and Croats would not accept partition. "The lesson is that ethnic cleansing is a legitimate form of state building," he says. (Read: "Karadzic a No-Show at His Bosnia War-Crimes Trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosnia's New Threat: Not Bombs, But a Referendum | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

...Wall Street and regulatory reform. As he struggles to redefine his legacy, he is helped by the plunging standards for public figures; we seem to live in the midst of an endless race to the bottom, where it is nearly impossible to become permanently discredited. The ineptitude of his successor in the governor's office, David Paterson, who is embroiled in scandals of his own and is facing calls for his resignation, has fueled nostalgia for Spitzer's onetime image of official competence. Still, it's hard to imagine that most voters could stomach having him back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eliot Spitzer's Mission Impossible | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...Colombians still see him as the only politician capable of maintaining them. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of people willing to try to replace him. Juan Manuel Santos, Uribe's former Defense Minister who leads the President's own Social National Unity Party, is largely seen as his favored successor. He declared his candidacy immediately following the referendum's rejection by the Constitutional Court. Sergio Fajardo, praised for improving security and social services when he served as mayor of Medellín, is steadily climbing in the polls, though running as an independent is expected to be a disadvantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia Gets Ready for Life After Uribe | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...week for a jihad against Switzerland as just another round in the feud between the two countries. But it would be a mistake to treat Gaddafi's rhetoric as mere theater. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's second-eldest son, who many suspect is Gaddafi's likely successor, tells TIME that Libya's row with Switzerland is evidence of a far more serious and urgent issue within Libya, which is grappling with how democratic and Westernized the country should become after decades of isolation. "If we are going to dance with them [the West], we need to dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaddafi vs. Switzerland: The Leader's Son on What's Behind the Feud | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

...some 40 miles (65 km) from the Pakistani capital last spring, did more than any American finger-wagging to convince Islamabad that the TTP needed to be taken down. The U.S. helped by mounting drone strikes on TTP leaders, killing its founder, Baitullah Mehsud, last summer and possibly his successor, Hakimullah Mehsud, in January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking It to the Taliban | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

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