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...Koenigswinter deal - the fifth attempt to create an Afghanistan government by consensus since the Soviets departed in 1989 - was hammered out by diplomats from the various factions, under the persuasive ministrations of the international community. But political authority on the ground remains in the hands of the various warlords and armies who filled the void left by the retreating Taliban. Even if the international community sends a peacekeeping force to Kabul, the country faces an uphill battle to shed a political culture based on Mao's dictum that "political power grows out of the barrel...
...department of Health and Human Services began compiling a list of possible solutions to the organ availability dilemma. Each of the suggestions has circulated in ethicists? circles for years; the most controversial of the proposals would provide a small monetary compensation to the survivors of organ donors. The consensus could be there, at least in the medical community: In a statement made a few weeks ago, the American Medical Association reversed itself and announced the payments could be ethical as long as the amount is "small enough to be considered a thank-you rather than a bribe...
Mead told students that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have created a general consensus on foreign policy among the American public that has not existed since the breakup of the Soviet Union...
...security arrangements proved catastrophic. Even before the revolt began, two senior Northern Alliance commanders were killed in the fortress on Saturday night by a hand grenade detonated by a Taliban prisoner. But the conflagration that killed most of the prisoners began on Sunday morning, triggered - according to an emerging consensus among news reports - when prisoners set upon two CIA operatives sent to interrogate them in the hope of weeding out Al Qaeda members. One of these men, Johnny "Mike" Spann, was reportedly beaten to death; the other escaped to a far corner of the prison as a massive firefight broke...
...collective.” In a department where faculty are much too busy to attend one another’s classes, the faculty come together for departmental colloquia—seminars that provide a forum for discussion and constructive criticism. Professor Thomas seemed to cature the general consensus: “Harmony is better than disharmony...