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...Khameini, the supreme ruler who also controls the security forces. Although many of the demonstrators are carrying portraits of President Mohamed Khatami, whose efforts at reform and democratization are being blocked by the hard-liners, they won?t necessarily abide by his call for calm to avoid provoking a crackdown by conservatives. For Khatami and the reformers, the protest movement is a tremendous vindication, but if it spins out of control they could be dragged down by the backlash...
...investments in environmental protection, community development and marketing will matter little if soaring crime is not brought under control. Even with a recently announced crackdown, travelers are still a good deal safer in the wide-open spaces than in South African cities, where muggings and more violent crimes are rarely out of the news. Despite plans to clean up Johannesburg and revive its commercial heart, the country's northern gateway remains economically distressed. The Carlton, the city's main hotel, closed down last year. To avoid the dangers of the former gold-mining center, many visitors begin their stay instead...
...streets last saw masses of pro-democracy students chanting "Death to dictatorship." But Monday?s clashes between riot police and 10,000 demonstrators carries the danger of repeating an episode of Chinese, rather than Iranian, history ? the brutal clearing of Tiananmen Square 10 years ago. Demonstrations against a crackdown on liberal newspapers began last week, but they escalated after an attack by police and hard-line militants on Thursday night killed one student and injured four. The latest clashes come amid a fierce battle for Iran?s future that pits reformers led by President Mohamed Khatami against Iran's conservative...
Although Turkey hasn?t executed anyone since 1984, its government is under intense domestic pressure to hang the man it has held personally responsible for the more than 30,000 deaths caused by the Kurdish insurgency and the government?s own crackdown. But the sentence is now due to go before an appeals court, and will also be appealed by Ocalan at the European Court of Human Rights, so Ankara will have plenty of time to allow passions to cool before it takes a decision. Ocalan?s capture and conviction may have eliminated any security threat he may pose...
This kind of work provides a vital, unseen ballast as Phoenix is rocked by Atkinson's murder and by the ugly reaction from some quarters that there should be a crackdown on "the Mexicans" who should be sent packing. What could be a breakdown in race relations is defused by a quiet, powerful counter-demonstration--a defining moment in city history...