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...death, imprisonment or ouster from the Communist Party of a long line of dissidents and potential rivals. As Defense Minister, Raśl, with Moscow's backing, built a 150,000-strong disciplined military that was tested in conflicts in Angola and Ethiopia. After the Soviet collapse brought an end to aid that had sustained Cuba, a pragmatic Raśl turned the much diminished army into a pioneer of free enterprise, managing the government's stakes in agriculture, industry and, now especially, tourism. Those reforms have provoked speculation that as President, Raśl, 75, would be more open to economic liberalization than Fidel...
...being Madonna, she's not going into Malawi quietly. She has already promised to raise at least $3 million to fund programs that would mostly help orphans there (another thing Malawi has in excess, thanks to AIDS. Of its population of about 13 million, 1 million are children who have lost at least one parent). Ground will soon be broken on an orphan-care center, which aims initially to feed and educate at least 1,000 children a day. She's financing--to the tune of about $1 million--a documentary about the plight of Malawian children...
...managing director of a Malawian agricultural-supply company, who got in touch with Madonna's Spirituality for Kids foundation a year ago. "She basically said, Look, things are crazy here," says the star, who has not yet adopted the argot of development experts. (Raising Malawi is probably the only aid organization with a staff member who would describe some poorly built wells as "chintzy.") "Victoria said we've got a serious problem here with the orphans and we need your help. And a lightbulb went...
According to TIME's cover story, "it's not clear that anyone has the ability to get the belligerents to calm down" in the Middle East. Fortunately, that is false. For one, the U.S. could simply tell Israel to stop bombing Lebanon and Gaza or forfeit military aid. Israel would have no choice but to comply. The fact that the Bush Administration has not pursued that avenue to peace indicates that its stated priorities are not its actual goals...
...long as the U.S. gives substantial amounts of military and economic aid to Israel, America is going to be blamed for any atrocities that are committed. We need to look at what is right for the U.S., then worry about everyone else...