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...from uncritical U.S. support of Israel. Over the past 15 years, the U.S. has closed embassies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Sudan and Libya. Many remaining diplomatic outposts have turned into virtual fortresses. Part of the U.S. chancellery in Cairo is built to withstand a nuclear blast. In Beirut the ambassador travels in a military convoy protected by a machine-gun turret. "It has been a long time," says a U.S. official, "since I have seen such strong anti-American feelings in the Middle East...
...what he was doing. "The change is not a classic coup," the Tutsi major said at a news conference Friday. "It is an action to save a people in distress and stop repeated massacres and killing all over the country." The overthrown president, Sylvestre Nitibantunganya, remains in the U.S. ambassador's home and maintains that he is still the leader of Burundi. Ironically, Buyoya was responsible for Burundi's first free elections in 1993. At the same time, he has a history of interfering with the presidencies of others. (After helping overthrow a military dictatorship...
...rally around," reports TIME's Andrew Purvis. "Now nothing short of foreign military intervention will guarantee peace." Burundi has been beleaguered by a three-year civil war between the majority Hutus and the traditionally ruling minority of Tutsis. So far, more than 150,000 people have died. The U.S ambassador in Burundi has said that the U.S. will not tolerate a government installed by force. Ntibantunganya came to power as a result of a 1994 pact to form a coalition government between the two ethnic groups. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...rally around," reports TIME's Andrew Purvis. "Now nothing short of foreign military intervention will guarantee peace." Burundi has been beleaguered by a three-year civil war between the majority Hutus and the traditionally ruling minority of Tutsis. So far, more than 150,000 people have died. The U.S ambassador in Burundi has said that the U.S. will not tolerate a government installed by force. Ntibantunganya came to power as a result of a 1994 pact to form a coalition government between the two ethnic groups. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...sharp wit, combined with Cambridge-accented eloquence, made the longtime liberal fixture a legendary figure in Israeli politics. Born in South Africa, raised in England, he was appointed Israel's first ambassador to the U.N. in 1949. From his Labor seat in parliament, he was named Foreign Minister in 1966 and remained in office for eight years--still a record for that post. After serving as chairman of the Knesset's foreign affairs and defense committee, the dovish Eban left parliament in 1988 after 29 years. He continues to campaign for peace with the Palestinians through speeches and writings. Author...