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...Iran?s growing ambitions as a regional power with references to its ability to affect the security of the Persian Gulf, echoing the sentiments of top military commanders in Iran. At the same time, he outlined a number of conditions for the unprecedented talks proposed with his American counterpart. ?We do not deny America has interests here [in Iraq] and we do not act as a barrier to those interests, but we do not take orders from the Americans,? he told TIME, speaking from within his heavily fortified embassy...
...product of extensive work on the part of director Jon E. Gentry ’07, who adapted and compressed the all-female play “for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” by Ntozake Shange and its male counterpart “for black boys who have considered homicide when the streets were too much” by Kieth Antar Mason. This staging, produced by Miles A. Johnson ’08, Shawna J. Strayhorn ’07, and Kimberly D. Williams ’07, ran at the Loeb...
...Howard last week promised a review of that process while doing his best to discourage other Papuans from attempting the same trip, and was full of praise for his Indonesian counterpart, lauding him as "one of the most capable, moderate Islamic leaders in the world." All of this means nothing to little San and Joy Kambu Wainggai as they run around in the autumn chill in bright new beanies and warm pajamas. All they remember of their journey are "big waves." Their father hopes one day to take them home to an independent West Papua. Their mother will be praying...
Talk about cold feet. Less than 24 hours after the leaders of the Senate?s Democratic and Republican families had announced a marriage of convenience on immigration reform, Minority Leader Harry Reid ditched his Republican counterpart Bill Frist at the altar Friday, blocking the bi-partisan bill he had backed the day before. Stunned Senators headed to their home states for a two-week Easter recess, furious over the break-up. ?It's a war,? said Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter. Even members of Reid's own party, most notably Senator Ted Kennedy, who had worked for five years...
...their regime, and any attack on Iran would create chaos in the region. Thus, while Secretary Rice was telling British audiences last week that military action "is not what is on the agenda now" but that President Bush "never takes any option off the table," her host and British counterpart Jack Straw has repeatedly and strenuously made clear that military action is "inconceivable...