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...neighbors, the European Union and Washington at a time when the aid-dependent, recession-prone economy can least afford it. The country's sense of outrage climaxed in March when its leader, Zoran Djindjic, was assassinated by gangsters on a Belgrade street. His government reacted by launching a massive crackdown on organized crime that will culminate this month in the biggest trial in Serbian history, but no one has managed to replace Djindjic's energy and political will. The International Criminal Tribunal, for its part, further stoked Serbs' sense of embitterment by issuing a steady stream of indictments against government...
...International Crisis Group. A cycle of tit-for-tat violence may have begun: on Dec. 1, a Papuan mob stabbed to death an Indonesian soldier in apparent retaliation for the killing last month of at least 10 alleged members of the Free Papua Movement. Such incidents will make any crackdown more severe, says Jones: "The military see Papua as a threat to Indonesia's territorial integrity. They intend to crush the autonomy movement...
Premier Wen once demonstrated considerable courage when he visited pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square with seemingly deep concern for their safety, before the bloody Party crackdown in 1989. Summers would demonstrate true leadership by appealing to Wen’s demonstrated sympathy for Chinese democracy agitators and encouraging Yang’s release. Harvard students past and present should expect nothing less of their University president...
...British interests in Istanbul will seek to strike within the U.K. as the holidays near. Last year's Christmas season came amid high anxiety but proved blessedly uneventful, but this year Britain has even more reason to be tense. Once accused of being lax toward Islamist extremism, Britain's crackdown on U.K.-based radicals - plus Prime Minister Tony Blair's backing of the Iraq war - may have made London a prime target. "Both sides have reached a point of confrontation," says Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London. "Terrorists might...
...With general elections only five months away, a wholesale crackdown on deadbeats is unlikely. Most debtors are less than 40 years old, precisely the demographic the Roh administration needs to claim a majority in the National Assembly. Forgiving the debt of youthful voters might swing more of them to Roh's side. Says Jinsang Kim of HSBC Securities in Seoul: "What we have is the carrot without the stick...