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...after he agreed to abandon a bid to keep his post; in Baghdad. Al-Maliki was endorsed by Iraq's Kurdish President, Jalal Talabani, as well as other key Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders who said they would support him in the hope of ending a months-long political deadlock...
...Taiwan's present political deadlock is due mainly to the irrational, contrary reactions of the Kuomintang party and the People First Party to every policy put forward by the government. The opposition would rather place party interests above the Taiwan people's interests. President Chen's dismantling of the National Unification Council [a body created to explore eventual reunification with the mainland] should have been regarded as simply the public expression of mainstream Taiwanese opinion, not as a provocative, troublemaking gesture toward China. Justin Kao Taipei...
...focus on Jaafari, his departure isn't likely to be any kind panacea for what ails Iraq. The political deadlock has been based not on personality issues, but on the balance of power both within the Shi'ite camp and between the Shi'ites and other factions. If the Shi'ite bloc drops him, it's unlikely to choose the U.S.-favored Abdul Adel Mahdi as his replacement. Not only is there resentment created by U.S. intervention in the political process, but Adel-Mahdi is the candidate of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the arch...
...Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari announced Thursday that he would refer his nomination for a second term back to the United Iraqi Alliance, the dominant Shi'ite bloc in the new legislature. That opens the way for the Alliance to select a new candidate and break the deadlock created by the refusal of the Kurdish, Sunni and secular blocs, backed by the U.S., to accept a second Jaafari term...
...certain times, one could argue that this is not such a bad thing. A spirit of deadlock and division reduces government to its core functions, inspires local leaders to take the initiative and frees individuals to get on with their lives unhindered by intrusive or ineffective government. Certain stretches of the 1990s felt like that, when the Clinton White House was distracted by its personal and legal troubles and all the energy and enterprise was coming from Silicon Valley and smart city mayors and the private sector...