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...COMMONWEALTH GAMES Starting Off on The Right Foot The political relevance of the Commonwealth may be coming under attack in the wake of Zimbabwe's disputed elections, but that beleaguered group of 54 nations - many of them former British colonies - will have at least one reason to celebrate when its athletes gather in Manchester in July and August for this year's Commonwealth Games. For the first time, disabled athletes will take part in the sporting carnival as full members of their national teams, with disabled events - which include an 800-m wheelchair race, table-tennis singles...
AUSTRALIA Credibility Test British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the future of the Commonwealth was at stake if the organization failed to act against Zimbabwe's controversial leader Robert Mugabe. Commonwealth Heads of Government delayed a decision on Zimbabwe's suspension until after presidential elections. The leaders of Australia, Nigeria and South Africa will decide on a course of action on the basis of a report by Commonwealth election observers...
Last week it was Australia's turn. Khan was there to mark International Women's Day and wasted no time in criticizing Prime Minister John Howard's government's policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. Howard, who was hosting the Commonwealth heads of government, claimed to be too busy to meet her. But in sessions with Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock and the Attorney General, Khan urged them to reconsider a policy she says is "contrary to Australia's human-rights obligations." Her meeting with Amnesty member Ruddock elicited special attention, with press reports speculating on whether Khan would...
...away. The European Union has imposed travel restrictions on Zimbabwe’s president, Robert G. Mugabe, and frozen his European assets after he expelled the head European election monitor two weeks ago. The rest of the European monitors have since departed. However, forty election monitors from the British Commonwealth countries (except for the U.K. itself) remain in Zimbabwe, despite the departure of the Europeans...
...Mugabe letting the Commonwealth countries monitor the election, and why is Hussein discussing the re-entry of inspectors? It is possible that Mugabe and Hussein have finally decided to take the straight path, but that seems unlikely. These demagogues have only changed their tactics. Mugabe knows that a month is not enough time for a fair election to develop. He has spent years tampering with the political system, whether through amending laws, or scaring away his opposition. Similarly, since the U.N. inspectors were expelled in 1998, Iraq has had ample time to relocate and conceal any chemical, biological or nuclear...