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...Bernal, with his wicked humor and lack of self-seriousness, manages to strike a successful balance between the absurdity and direness of the situation—the film does not. With a stronger screenplay from writer Don Kellar, “Blindness” could have been a tour-de-force about society’s breakdown during dangerous epidemics. With such a respected cast and director, and a screenplay adapted from a novel by a widely acclaimed author, the movie’s failure is even more surprising. Ultimately, “Blindness” becomes a laughable attempt...
...significance of the deal, known as the 123 Agreement, cannot be overestimated. In addition to reversing 34 years of U.S. policy opposing nuclear cooperation with India - a nuclear weapons state that continues to refuse to sign the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - the deal wins acceptance for India's de facto nuclear weapons state status at the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the international cartel that controls trade in nuclear weapons, fuel and technology. That recognition will finally allow India to take part in international nuclear commerce and its scientists to participate in international nuclear research activities. For India, the approval...
...could import powerful computers, uranium, sensitive machine tools, software and components for satellites that were denied to us." Today, that changed, as did the international community's policy of equating India and Pakistan as nuclear weapons states. As Indian and U.S. officials have repeatedly pointed out, the deal has "de-hyphenated" India from Pakistan. "For decades India has chafed at the world's tendency to lock India into a bipolar South Asian framework with Pakistan," says Joshi. "Now, decisively, the rules have been changed for India, and pointedly not for Pakistan." The deal also has a bearing on the regional...
...McCain, after reaching the high point of his ambitions, will be fading, opening the Republican ticket for Palin. Furthermore, with Obama losing in 2008, Hillary Clinton will come back unstoppable, next time around. Then, whichever way it goes, we will have a woman in the White House. Pedro J. de Rezende, SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL
...event was sponsored by the Kennedy School’s Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe and co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies...