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6 | Madagascar A BLOODY CRACKDOWN Police killed more than 25 protesters on Feb. 7 in Antananarivo, the capital, when they fired into a crowd that was demanding the ouster of President Marc Ravolomanana. The episode came a week after Antananarivo's mayor and media entrepreneur, Andry Rajoelina, proclaimed himself the...
But despite his authoritarian image, Chávez is not a dictator nor a 21st century Castro. He's been democratically elected three times, subjected himself to a 2004 recall vote (which he defeated) and permits a noisy opposition press. But John Walsh, senior associate at the Washington Office on...
Gaddafi’s high profile has immediately forced the countries of the AU to take notice. The BBC reports that his initial push has been deflected with nations set to reconvene in three months. Yet to assume Gaddafi’s plan was a simple, direct push for unification...
• "Gaddafi is not perceived as a dictator in the Arab world." - French President Nicholas Sarkozy, defending Gaddafi's visit to France after the release of the Bulgarian medics. (Le Nouvel Observateur, Dec. 12, 2007)
If Barack Obama thought a change at the White House might ease a few of the outstanding problems left to him by George W. Bush, North Korea, for one, isn't playing along - and that should surprise no one. Pyongyang is again demonstrating that it's a bipartisan pain in...