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...days through mountain paths to reach polling booths, others lined up for hours on deserted streets, braving threats of violence from extremist groups-yet, by day's end, nearly 65% of the nation's voting population had exercised their franchise. Politicians of all factions proudly strutted before the ballot box, wreathed in flower garlands, sporting triumphant smiles. They were all participating in a process that aims to replace Nepal's 240-year-old monarchy with a secular republic-a transition that, although turbulent, has given this impoverished nation of 27 million newfound optimism...
...Rescue? Joe Klein's article provides a refreshing alternative to the dismal prospects facing Democrats in the current campaign [April 7]. Al Gore has proved himself on a global playing field. Can the ordinary citizen be strong enough to bypass the delegates' nominee and write in Gore on the ballot in November? Barbara Sturman, Lexington, Kentucky...
...Klein's article provides a refreshing alternative to the dismal prospects facing Democrats in the current campaign. Al Gore has proven himself on a global playing field. Can the ordinary citizen be so strong as to bypass the delegates' nominee and write in Gore on the ballot in November? Barbara Sturman, LEXINGTON...
...unlikely the octogenarian dictator will successfully rig this election after almost two weeks of inexplicable delays in releasing results. By ballot, death, or something in between, Mugabe will be out soon. As the international community prepares to help a future government rebuild Zimbabwe, it is crucial to acknowledge that in the developing world, the line between saviors and despots is a thin one. Mugabe ended up building his own version of what he hated most. His nightmarish rule has featured one too many policies characteristic of an illiberal colonial power. Considering his aggressive foreign policy, his ethnic cleansing campaigns...
...short of miraculous. Many expected that white rule in Southern Africa would end in a bloodbath. But there was a price. While the new rulers accepted the notions of Western-style multiparty democracy, in their hearts the liberation movements did not contemplate that they could lose power at the ballot...