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What makes this fixation all the more striking is that Brown is, in so many other ways, such a formidable figure. His more statesmanlike qualities were richly evident last week when he arrived at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels, sprang out of his limousine and led his retinue...
That was then. But when Nigerians went to the polls again last month, democracy lost. In an orgy of ballot-box stuffing and violence, punctuated by an attempted truck bombing of the electoral-commission headquarters, the ruling party won what some observers thought was the most fraudulent election ever in...
In a note accompanying Sorry, Jones refers to the 1997 Human Rights Commission report that recorded the removal of thousands of indigenous children from their families, and to Australian Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to apologize for the actions of previous governments. In a novel of such resonance and...
In a speech earlier to the opening session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, she said industrialized nations must take responsibility for having "filled up the atmosphere" and work to reinvigorate the fight against global warming.
Alexander had been pressing the White House in speeches for months to adopt the Baker-Hamilton proposals as its own guide, its own core strategy, for extricating itself from Iraq. The bipartisan commission made more than 70 recommendations to step up diplomacy and move the U.S. toward a phased withdrawal...