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...Uzbek and Hazara tribal leaders--their rivals for political power. By bringing moderate Taliban onboard, Karzai hopes he can garner support among the Pashtun and split the Taliban's ranks. But the President's program could falter at the start: Karzai's advisers say Muttawakil has already declined a Cabinet post, and is considering asylum in an Arab country--possibly Qatar--far from Mullah Omar's long memory and vengeful grasp. --By Tim McGirk and Rahimullah Yusufzai
...Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister, 54 ? Elected: December 2001 ? Powers: Heads the government because his party holds a parliamentary majority. But needs the President's approval for everything from forming his Cabinet to conducting foreign policy ? Style: Laid-back, aloof and shies from confrontation ? View of President: Previously too polite to say. Now accuses her of being undemocratic and power-hungry
...suicide bombing in Riyadh killed 35 people and prompted authorities to start to crack down on suspected militants, and a month after Western governments issued warnings advising against travel to the kingdom. At the time, Saudi officials reacted angrily to the alerts. Called to Account RWANDA Four former cabinet members went on trial at a U.N. tribunal in Tanzania. The four, who are accused of masterminding the 1994 inter-ethnic violence that resulted in the killing of about 800,000 people, denied nine charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Sudden Crisis SRI LANKA President Chandrika Kumaratunga sparked a political...
...there have occasionally been offers to purchase the rights to my autobiography and I have always declined. Foolishly, I believed I had control over my own material. Apparently I don?t. There is a scene in ?The Reagans? in which my character steals tranquilizers from my mother?s medicine cabinet. I wrote about having done that and trading those pills for amphetamines - an addiction that ravaged me from the age of fifteen well into my twenties. Many women in the Sixties were prescribed tranquilizers, and my mother never noticed hers missing, so she couldn?t have been using them...
...Tory M.P.s quickly rallied behind one man: shadow chancellor Michael Howard, 62, who seems likely to become leader this week unopposed. But can this football-loving lawyer do any better than Duncan Smith? Howard, the son of Jewish immigrants, has sharp elbows and broad experience in government. He held Cabinet jobs both under Thatcher and her successor, John Major. A quick-witted barrister with an excellent memory, he can give as good as he gets from Blair in the Commons. After six years in the desert, the Tories are working on some voter-friendly policies to go with their thirst...