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...people of Bangladesh in free, fair and transparent elections. This was our message before the declaration of the state of emergency, it is our message during the state of emergency, and it will be our message after the state of emergency is lifted. James F. Moriarty, United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dhaka...
...Malaysia A Scandal Revived Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim emerged from the Turkish ambassador's residence in Kuala Lumpur on June 30, a day after he sought sanctuary there following accusations that he sodomized a 23-year-old male aide. Anwar vehemently denied the allegations, which he denounced as political smear tactics fabricated by a coalition government in danger of losing power for the first time since Malaysia gained independence, in 1957. The charges, which have sidetracked Anwar's plans to re-enter Parliament, echo those preceding his 1998 imprisonment for sodomy. That conviction--overturned in 2004--came after...
...Bush Administration had come under increasing criticism this year for seeming to forget about Stansell, Howes and Gonsalves. But it can now openly claim, as U.S. officials had privately done, that it was simply allowing the Colombians to mount today's rescue. U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield confirmed Wednesday night that the U.S. had been involved in the planning and intelligence-gathering stages of the operation. One fortunate politician who can bask in this American policy victory is John McCain, who just happened to be visiting Colombia when the rescue was announced...
Critics of the ongoing nuclear diplomacy immediately pounced, declaring that the U.S. was appeasing the North Korean dictatorship. "In effect it's the first act of the Obama presidency," says former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. "We've given them pure gold [by removing them from the TWEA and State Sponsors of Terror lists] and in return they've given us a piece of paper, which we have no means of verifying." Skeptics don't believe that the North will come clean in the material handed over Thursday about its alleged uranium enrichment program. In late...
...former governor of Iowa, a retired CIA officer, and Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. are among those who have been selected to serve as fellows at the Institute of Politics (IOP) this fall, according to an announcement made by the IOP this week. Former governor and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection Mary Margaret Graham, and former Pakistani ambassador Maleeha Lodhi are three of the six fall fellows, who were selected by a group of IOP students and administrators. "It's an eclectic, balanced, thoughtful group that in an election year...