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...have any American-approved solution in my kit bag. The situation is very tense and very difficult." It was "too early to say" if there was a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Still, Haig showed his sympathy for his hosts by endorsing the U.N. Security Council resolution that called for Argentina to withdraw...
...website of Granma, Cuba's official newspaper, was that poor health was forcing him formally to relinquish power. "To my close compatriots ... I say that I will not aspire to nor accept - I repeat, I will not aspire to nor accept - the office of President of the Council of State or Commander in Chief," he wrote. His resignation, coming just days before Cuba's National Assembly is to vote for a new leader, brings an end to nearly fifty years of rule...
...does the resignation mean real change? After falling seriously ill with gastrointestinal disease nearly 19 months ago, Fidel, 81, temporarily handed power to his 76-year-old brother Raúl, who is now widely expected to be named President of the Council of State when the National Assembly votes on February 24. With his close ties to the Cuban military, Raúl has thus far proved a stable ruler; little detectable reform has occurred under his watch. That consistency owes at least a partial debt to the control that Fidel has continued to exercise, even from his sickbed...
...morning to the government mouthpiece, Granma, Fidel acknowledged his deteriorating health and announced that while his "desire was always to complete my duty until my last breath...I will not aspire to nor accept - I repeat - I will not aspire to nor accept the office of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief...
...Alex de Waal, program director at New York's Social Science Research Council and author of several books on Africa, says that Bush had "exceeded expectations" on Africa. "Clinton talked the talk," said de Waal, "but Bush has actually done something. The amount of resources now dedicated to Africa are more than the Democrats ever even talked about. That's quite impressive." Kajee concurs. "Most analysts agree that there has been a far more concentrated Africa policy under Bush than under previous administrations...