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...militants and terrorists would have wanted nothing better than a fresh confrontation between the people and the government. And it is to prevent instability that my party and I have taken the decision to have political negotiations with General Musharraf in order to weaken the terrorists. But I am afraid his actions have played into the terrorist's hands. And he should remedy it. All of us who have a stake in eliminating terrorism must all work together to reverse what has happened...
...Seidel is not afraid to get into the nitty gritty—he’s willing to take on the neighborhood nuisance of leaf blowers, for example, and has criticized the vote that allocated staffers to city council members...
STREEP Because we're afraid to speak. Even though we have the freest society, supposedly, I think many of us are afraid to speak up. And we vilify the people that do speak up. You're told you're not supporting the troops...
...Your cover story told the world how brutal the repressive junta is, but I'm afraid that prayer alone will not change it. The Burmese have been praying for 45 years, and the situation seems to be getting worse. If the free world can bring Saddam and Slobodan Milo-sevic to justice, why not do the same with Burma's junta? If we are waiting for China to pressure Burma to change, we will have a long, long wait. China has to become a democratic country first; otherwise, how can China advise others to be democratic? John C.M. Lee, Hong...
...title for the former Afro-American Studies department—because it combined a broad base in the humanities with a narrower focus on African-American culture. He initially worried, however, that his ethnicity would affect the way people perceived his academic choices. “I was afraid that I would be, quote unquote, that black kid doing that black stuff,” he says...