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...Walling Off Hope TIME reported on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plans to complete a wall separating Israel from the Palestinians [April 17]. Olmert should consider the history of Ireland's dispute with Britain and the creation and segregation of Northern Ireland, the fence dividing the Greek and Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus, and the partition of India into two states. Did any of those solutions result in cessation of conflict? No, partition does not work. Conflict resolution should be the name of the game, not an ongoing cold or hot war. Of family discussions at his home, Olmert says...
...Happy Birthday, Your Majesty Thank you for your coverage marking Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday [April 17]. Her Majesty is a perfect example of the value of constitutional monarchy. Instead of a more or less anonymous President who is around for four years or so, Britain has the advantage of a family that can be the focus of nationalism. The Queen has fulfilled her role perfectly. She must be proud of what she has achieved. She has been an inspiration to the nation and other peoples of the world [and] embodies one of the West's greatest institutions. Syed...
...Queen Elizabeth's fame transcends her dominion. In Africa when you say the word queen, the first thing that comes to mind is Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Curiously, although most of the world is under the rule of elected people, the vestiges of monarchical cravings are there for all to see in many a society. Otherwise, how could one explain society's fascination with the progeny and close relatives of powerful figures, from the Kennedys of the U.S. and the Gandhis of India to the Kabilas of the Congo and the Kenyattas of Kenya? James Louis Ndirangu Nanyuki, Kenya...
...buyout. "One farmer told me: 'I went whistling and smiling to pay my rent, knowing that it wasn't going into the pocket of a laird.'" Last year Assynt's residents followed suit. The place had been stagnating, partly because the Vesteys had an agreement with Britain's Inland Revenue to keep the land in its natural state in exchange for inheritance-tax relief. Locals claimed that when they wanted land to start businesses or build houses, the Vesteys often declined their requests. "I have refused one or two cases for houses that seem-ed rather unsuitable places for them...
...Lanka, beyond a simple desire for peace, is the Tigers' world reach. To fund their war in the dirt-poor salt marshes of northern Sri Lanka, the Tigers built a multimillion-dollar fund-raising arm, cajoling and strong-arming the expatriate ethnic Tamil community which settled abroad, particularly in Britain, Australia and Canada. They assembled a fleet of boats, which Sri Lankan intelligence estimates at 22 ships, to smuggle weapons across the Indian Ocean and beyond. And they exported their know-how to the world...