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...leading into the capital?upon which its 1.5 million residents depend for everything from fuel to food. Vegetable prices rose, tourists canceled their visits and officials warned that fuel supplies could run dry by next week. The companies that closed up shop included tobacco giant Surya Nepal, whose taxes account for up to 4% of the government's revenue; others ceased operation voluntarily, fearing they would be targeted next. Enforced by the threat of "action" against any who defy the Maoists' orders, the moves signal a new tactic in a conflict that has already claimed 10,000 lives: to bring...
...Accountability for Sudan Simon Robinson's report "Nowhere to Hide" [July 5], on the humanitarian crisis and the genocidal atrocities affecting the Darfurians, non-Arab blacks of Sudan's Darfur region, left me disgusted. I'm convinced that our world is doomed to a brutal and sad end. The article noted, "The U.N. and the U.S. do not call the pogroms genocide?in part because doing so could oblige the international community to intervene to save the Darfurians." Excuse me, but what is so wrong with taking action? We cannot afford to wait for 500,000 people...
...Gweilo should rescue Booth from relative obscurity, if only for the story behind it. Two years ago, as the author was battling brain cancer, his children asked him to set down an account of his formative years while he still could. Booth finished just before dying in February...
...afford to wait for 500,000 people to die and for more women and children to be raped before the international community intervenes. Where are the leaders of the larger, more powerful countries of Africa while the atrocities are going on? African nations and organizations should be called to account for letting them happen in their backyard. Their silence will be seen as consent to the killing of Darfurians. Africa should hold the leaders of Sudan accountable. The U.S. cannot be expected to come running to solve every problem in the world. It has its hands full dealing with...
...commission notes that it is unclear whether the money was meant to be given to Hazmi for the 9/11 plot or any other purpose. Since the Saudi didn't have a U.S. bank account, Hamzi may have simply cashed the travelers check for him, and passed on the money. The commission said it "appears likely" that Hazmi was merely helping Salmi out by cashing the check for him. Still, there the report notes that, when interviewed in Saudi Arabia June of this year Salmi "claimed not to recall? the transaction...