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...officials in Colombo oscillate between talking and fighting. "They forget that you can and should deal with the underlying problem with or without the L.T.T.E.," says Dayan Jayatilleka, a senior lecturer in the department of politics at the University of Colombo who was recently named Sri Lanka's ambassador to Switzerland and permanent representative to the U.N. in Geneva. "It's this kind of a trap...
...impatience with the fecklessness of the Baghdad government prompts them to take action on their own-especially in determining the future status of Kirkuk, the disputed oil-rich city that the Kurds lay claim to. Said Iraq's Kurdish President, Massoud Barzani, during the farewell visit of departing U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad: "Our patience is not unlimited...
...Success is possible," said U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, referring to America's operations in Iraq during his valedictory press conference in Baghdad's Green Zone. His 21-month stint over, the Afghan-born Khalilzad is now headed for his next assignment: chief of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. Smiling in front of reporters in a navy suit and fine, light-blue silk tie, he looked like a man refreshed rather than a diplomat with precious few victories to point...
...Hammering that point home will be left to his replacement, veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker. Fresh from the critical post of Ambassador to Pakistan, Crocker is expected to start later this week. No stranger to the Middle East, Crocker has served as ambassador to Lebanon, Kuwait and Syria during his 36 years in the foreign service. He met his wife Christine working in the Baghdad embassy...
...state Tony--Soprano, that is. It's a fair pairing; both men have violent but paternalistic leadership styles, endure family troubles and suffer from excessive appetites. But unlike the bathrobed, balding James Gandolfini, Rhys Meyers, 29, will play Henry at an age when he was described by a foreign ambassador as "the handsomest prince in all of Christendom," the 16th century equivalent of being named PEOPLE magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." The Irish actor, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as a different sort of swaggering king in the 2005 CBS mini-series Elvis, has the full lips...