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...Kuwaiti reform lament that the country will soon lose its traditions. "This vote is against the will of the Kuwaiti people. It aims at changing the identity of the society," said Waleed al-Tabtabai, a parliamentarian strongly opposed to the law. Al-Sabah has indicated that he will appoint women to his cabinet, and Kuwaiti activists are pressing for more reforms to ensure women get a fair deal in parliamentary elections scheduled for 2007. Campaigners fear that conservatives in the parliament could still push through legislation to force women running for office to wear the veil. Still, they acknowledge they...
...What message are we sending [when] we have sought to appoint an ambassador to the United Nations who himself has been accused of being arrogant, of not listening to his friends, of acting unilaterally, of bullying those who do not have the ability to properly defend themselves?" GEORGE VOINOVICH, pivotal Ohio Republican Senator on the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee, explaining why he objected to the nomination of John R. Bolton for ambassador to the U.N. He nonetheless let it move to the full Senate...
...embattled government of the pro-Islamic Justice and Development (AK) party, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has added to the confusion. Eight AK M.P.s, including one Cabinet Minister, have defected to the opposition in the past six months, citing political differences. Erdogan has so far failed to appoint a chief negotiator for E.U. talks in October or to sign a protocol establishing ties with existing member states, a key condition for the talks. "The government has lost its focus," says Cengiz Aktar, a political scientist at Galatasaray University. The result is an increasingly divided society and, in Turkey...
Reich said that he was told of the decision to merge the center and appoint a new director this past September in a meeting with Hyman. Reich said that although Hyman accepted his resignation at the time, Hyman called him back the next day and asked him to stay on as director until details could be worked out. Reich agreed...
...decision to fold the center into HIGH and appoint a new director was undertaken jointly by Hyman and SPH Dean Barry R. Bloom on recommendations from an external committee that reviewed the center’s mission last spring, according to a statement from University science spokesman B.D. Colen...