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...belabor the painfully obvious, but when the Postmaster General leads the coup d'tat (they don't call him the Postmaster Pacifist, do they?) the Chinese government will surely seize on our moment of weakness to settle a few scores. Let's face facts: we sent "peacekeeping" battle groups to their missile tests near Taiwan; we "accidentally" bombed their embassy in Belgrade; we imported the "new, improved" Windows 2000 operating system to their country. As far as they'll consider the matter, we asked...
...Nawaz Sharif's lawyers, Iqbal Raad, was shot dead in broad daylight by unknown gunmen. Nawaz is being tried on charges of kidnapping and attempted murder, for allegedly attempting to prevent a plane carrying current military leader General Parvez Musharraf from landing - the event that triggered last year's coup. The Friday shooting came a day after Raad had begun to present Nawaz's defense, arguing that the coup plot against him originated after he met with President Clinton last June and agreed to withdraw Pakistani forces who had crossed into Indian territory at Kargil in the disputed territory...
...Bill.... President Clinton believes in bringing a personal touch to foreign policy, and that may have been one of the most important considerations in his decision, announced Tuesday, to visit Pakistan in the course of his trip to the Indian subcontinent beginning March 18. Last year's military coup that ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, along with Pakistan's record on terrorism, had caused Washington to consider leaving Pakistan off the itinerary, which would have been a propaganda coup for India and Bangladesh, the other stops on his tour. "President Clinton feels very strongly that it's important to maintain...
...fact that the current Pakistani leader, General Parvez Musharraf, took power in a military coup that ousted Nawaz may have created an obstacle to the meeting - at least at the level of appearances - but Washington has a long tradition of close cooperation with Pakistani strongmen, recognizing also perhaps that the prospects for stability may be greater under military rule than they were under Nawaz's corrupt civilian administration. President Clinton will go through the motions of urging a speedy return to civilian rule, but terrorism remains the most important point of contention between the U.S. and the country that remains...
...bubbles up from below through meaningful dialogue and realization of common ends. Spirit Week may momentarily amuse the proletariat. But our lovable student Politburo should get moving on issues of real significance to students, lest the masses, though fragmented and discontented as they may be, decide to organize a coup...