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Almost all of South Africa's leading white liberals warn that disinvestment would send a political message exactly the opposite of the one its advocates desire. The views of South African blacks are harder to ascertain. Some favor disinvestment but cannot say so publicly because that might violate security laws. Those who have spoken up are generally opposed to it. On a California speaking tour last spring, Bishop Tutu gave many the impression that he favored disinvestment. In Johannesburg after his return, however, he declared, "I am not as yet myself calling for disinvestment...
When people prep you on what to expect when you're expecting, they enumerate the physical horrors--headaches, hot flashes, shortness of breath, back pain, leg pain, groin pain and a whole raft of digestive disorders. What they don't warn you about is the extreme paranoia that sets in about the potential threat to your fetus from everything you eat, drink, breathe, wear or even think about. Forget alcohol, cigarettes and Valium. When a woman is on the nest, the inadvertent ingestion of cheese, fish, undercooked meat or unfiltered tap water is enough to provoke a shrieking phone call...
...meteorological system is designed to send warnings to all nations within 30 minutes. Ironically, it alerted Pacific countries to the latest tsunami, even though they were barely affected, yet failed to alert those countries most devastated. Tragically, due to technical constraints, the current system could have been used in the Indian Ocean if the threat had been from a typhoon, but it could not be used to warn about a tsunami. It is imperative that world leaders continue to support these aid and development initiatives, while at the same time ensuring that adequate information about these disasters is disseminated...
Officials at the United Nations Educational, Science, and Cultural Organization have stated that there was no procedure set up to warn the affected countries. This lack of oversight is simply unacceptable. The UN must ensure that these bureaucratic impediments to effective warnings are removed...
...voter rolls - which opponents allege are swollen with "ghost" voters. Ironically, even reforms urged by the MDC are being turned by ZANU-PF to its own advantage. Translucent ballot boxes, for instance, meant to symbolize an open voting system, will instead enable observers to see how people vote, warn ZANU-PF officials. After the last few years of state-sponsored thuggery, the threat is clear. "You don't have to murder now," says MDC M.P. David Coltart. "The mere presence [of those behind past violence] is enough to intimidate...