Word: diplomat
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...Mosque, puts the task ahead in stark terms: "This is a battle for the future. And we must fight." For Karzai, the fight is against regional warlords. Optimists contend that political competition has replaced the way of the gun. "[It's] democracy in action," gushes one Western diplomat. But outside Kabul, the Taliban is still deadly and powerful. Twelve election workers have been killed to date, including two murdered by gunmen in Taliban-laden Uruzgan province late last week. Meanwhile, Karzai's national security forces are still too small to enforce the rule of law. There are only approximately...
Abdulla Alsaboosi, a diplomat at the UAE embassy, said the request—which he said was communicated to Harvard “lately,” although he did not know exactly when—was made “because the university took too long to reach a decision...
...been revenge for some past reporting, or sparked by fear of a new revelation. It could even have been caused by a more banal business dispute. There is no guarantee that the real story will ever be known. Many observers suspect the investigation will be used, as one U.S. diplomat remarks, "to settle a few old scores." But a lot more hangs on the case than the Kremlin may realize. The continuing crackdown on the Russian media is viewed in the West as a signal that Russia is returning to its authoritarian roots. In a press conference after Klebnikov...
...Risky Business IRAQ Insurgents continued their kidnapping campaign. One group seized the chief of an Iraqi construction firm; another, the Lions of Allah, said it took a senior Egyptian diplomat hostage because Egypt had offered security aid to the Iraqi government. Seven truckers, an Egyptian and six men from Kenya and India, were taken by insurgents who demanded their employer, Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport, close its operations in Iraq. The company said it was negotiating with the kidnappers...
...that and expect results in a couple of weeks," says a senior government official. The change appears to have been prompted by the U.S. and E.U.'s renewed pressure on Serbia to deliver Mladic or face economic sanctions. "We definitely see some movement on this issue," a senior Western diplomat says. "There's room for optimism." Karadzic, meanwhile, is allegedly hiding in the southeastern part of Republika Srpska (RS), a Serb-controlled entity in Bosnia. RS President Dragan Cavic has a unique proposal. "If I was in Karadzic's shoes, I would opt for a drastic solution," Cavic told...