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...reality. Universal suffrage without regard to this reality will risk serious confrontation between the Hong Kong electorate and China. We need to assure all parties that, when universal suffrage is introduced, Beijing will retain its power to appoint the Chief Executive. Both Hong Kong and Beijing will have to accept that the elected candidate is accountable also to the other side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Child of the Motherland | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...only would no nation or government accept this ... but it would also consider it as hostile behavior which is the result of cultural and psychological warfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Mar. 26, 2007 | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...Iran's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. But a real split has emerged between hard-liners allied with Ahmadinejad, who are willing to risk international sanctions and even the threat of a U.S. military strike in a quest to become a nuclear power, and pragmatists, who might accept limits on Iran's program in order to win political benefits from the West that would preserve the current regime's hold on power. Reflecting the success of recent U.N. sanctions against Tehran, officials in Iran say the consensus seems to be tilting toward less confrontation, more negotiation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's War Within | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...bigger question may be whether the Bush Administration will ever accept Iran's motives as sincere. It's nearly impossible to imagine the U.S. striking a deal with an Iran led by an assertive Ahmadinejad, especially given his threats against Israel. And the U.S. insists it will not tolerate Iran's keeping any enrichment technologies on its soil. The emergence of pragmatic voices in Tehran, however, has made détente at least as plausible as a military confrontation. That the two sides have traveled even that far toward compromise is encouraging. But it's also a reminder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's War Within | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...presence will drive home the reality of the effect of warfare on children. “I hope it makes people realize how many important human rights issues there are that really need intelligent attention,” she said. Beah said that in the past he could not accept that his involvement in the war was not his fault. At the end of the evening, Power asked him whether he still believes that now. Beah replied that he had finally recognized he was in fact a victim. He won a standing ovation and a crowd gathered around Beah...

Author: By Allison M. Keeley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Boy Soldier Packs IOP Forum | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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