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...leaning policy on Iraq. It didn't have anything. Cheney's trip to the Middle East, designed to start building a coalition for action to disarm Iraq, had fallen well short of his hopes. One of his aides admitted that the team had underestimated Arab anger at Israel's crackdown on the occupied territories. "We thought [the Arab governments] were exaggerating 'the street' for their own purposes," says the official. "They weren...
...whom took part in the vote. Some polling stations explained a 190% turnout by claiming that unregistered refugees turned up unexpectedly to cast ballots. Striking Out ZIMBABWE The government unleashed a campaign of repression and violence against supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The crackdown followed a two-day MDC-led strike that brought the country to a standstill. Hundreds of people were arrested and many assaulted by members of the armed forces, according to human-rights groups. The opposition gave President Robert Mugabe a deadline of March 31 to implement reforms or face further mass action...
...Davao attack proves that terrorists are still out there, and as dangerous as ever. Despite the crackdown around Southeast Asia since late 2001, some very troubling characters remain at large, including Riduan Isamuddin, a.k.a. Hambali, JI's operational commander; Saifullah Yunos, a.k.a. Muklis, leader of a JI cell; and Azahari bin Husin, allegedly the man who designed the Bali bombs. And those are just the most wanted?a roster that doesn't include members of sleeper cells that may be lying in wait across the region. What's more, a U.S.-led war in Iraq could be a powerful rallying...
...explosive and still unproven story has been vociferously denied by the Spanish government. Nevertheless, the Feb. 20 closure of Egunkaria and the detention of 10 of its managers - five of whom remained in custody last week - have given fresh focus and energy to Basque feelings of martyrdom. A crackdown meant to weaken Basque national solidarity may have done the reverse. For decades, just over 50% of the 2 million residents of the Basque region in northeast Spain have wanted greater autonomy from Spain; others are content with the considerable freedom they already enjoy under an autonomous government with...
...December 2001, the government sent police from Hanoi to arrest Cam at his mistress's house, and then widened the net, trumpeting the nation's biggest organized-crime bust. Since Cam's tentacles reached far into the government, the case simultaneously became Vietnam's biggest corruption crackdown. Two of the 18 government officials on trial with him this month were members of the ?lite Central Committee, the Communist Party's 150-member main decision-making body. One of the accused, Bui Quoc Huy, was Ho Chi Minh City's police chief for years. Another, national-radio chief Tran Mai Hanh...