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...Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan last week, rejecting the offer. The 49-year-old former Tehran mayor, who has no previous experience in international diplomacy, said he would come up with a nuke initiative of his own, once he had completed his cabinet appointments. That gave a glimmer of hope to some European officials. "Obviously, things haven't moved in the direction we'd all hoped," a French diplomat told TIME, "but all options and possible outcomes remain fully open." U.S. President George W. Bush reacted cautiously, saying "the world is coalescing" against Iran...
Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official reason for his weekend resignation was the cabinet's final rubber stamp vote on Israel's withdrawal from its Gaza Strip settlements, which is due to begin next week. The real motivation for quitting now lies a lot more than a week away-it's next year's Israeli general election. By resigning, Netanyahu believes he'll be able to capitalize on any problems Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon runs into with the "disengagement plan," particularly if Palestinian militants launch rocket attacks over the fence into Israel once the soldiers leave Gaza...
...quite. The cabinet votes Tuesday on the 2006 national budget, which contains many of Netanyahu's reforms. Now political insiders say there'll be some in the government who'll use the budget vote to push Sharon into early elections. Probably the old warrior will brazen out another desperate political situation, but if he fails there could be elections as early as this year. If so, Sharon knows who he'll be up against. Netanyahu wants Sharon's job, and he also wants his old position back. In a briefing with business journalists Monday, Netanyahu said: "If the public wants...
...tough: in Sudan last month, Rice demanded an apology from the Khartoum government after members of her traveling party were manhandled by Sudanese security agents; she got one within an hour. At home, Rice has wrested control over the tone and direction of U.S. foreign policy away from war-cabinet hard-liners, curbing their unilateralist bluster. She persuaded President George W. Bush to support negotiations with North Korea and Iran over their nuclear programs, though both countries have balked at offers from the U.S. and its allies. In the process, she has cemented her status as the President's most...
Rice's most appealing qualities are her optimism and belief in the power of American ideals, a faith she believes has been validated by her rise from segregated Alabama to the top Cabinet post in the U.S. government. Whether she ascends even further--some G.O.P. insiders are already touting her as the running mate for the Republican presidential nominee in 2008--will depend largely on whether she can find a way for the U.S. to declare victory in Iraq before support for the Bush doctrine, at home and abroad, runs out. Toward the end of her interview with TIME...