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...Harvard Lampoon named Galbraith "the funniest professor of the century" and awarded him a $12,000 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, which he later donated to charity. In 2000, President Clinton awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor...
...flows and instability elsewhere in West Africa." That's more likely if Nigeria's politicians exploit ethnic divisions, as they have in the past. Chudi Akude, a spokesman for a new opposition party, worries that the ruling party is dominated by retired generals who run what he calls a civilian autocracy. "If [Obasanjo] continues with trying to perpetuate himself in government, I fear chaos and civil war," he says. History isn't heartening. In 46 years, no democratically elected Nigerian President has successfully handed power to a democratically elected successor. Many still hope that next year Obasanjo will...
...received the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Clinton...
...zero, they claim they did not start the battle. Local clerics, municipal officials, community leaders and the insurgents themselves all say the hostilities were started by a raid from a "death squad" backed by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) - carloads of men in MOI uniforms and irregular forces in civilian clothes who entered Adhamiya after passed through the Iraqi army checkpoints. Indeed, sources within one prominent Shi'ite militia say their men were part of the Adhamiya raid, which was targeting top insurgent leaders holed up in a building. A report prepared by the local council for the Iraqi army...
...Snow does not take the job, a backup possibility is Dan Senor, former chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority and senior adviser to L. Paul Bremer III, who was the senior civilian administrator in Iraq. Whether or not Snow becomes Press Secretary, Senor is being considered for other senior posts, including ones involving national security...