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...M.P.s arriving at Parliament were searched for weapons by armed police. The Opposition accused Somare of "resorting to undemocratic ways" but couldn't match the numbers on the government benches. Former diplomat Sir Paulias Matane was elected as Governor-General, but the expected no-confidence motion didn't come. Next day, the government voted to sack Skate as Speaker. Unable to stop the move, most of the Opposition stormed...
...Lilley is a self-described pragmatist?no surprise coming from someone who was Washington's top diplomat in both Beijing and Taipei?and he says the U.S. influences China best not through military might but through a combination of economic muscle and human interaction. "Our effort should be to bend China, not break it or change it fundamentally," Lilley says, quoting the report he filed at the end of an explosive two-year ambassadorial term in Beijing that began with the Tiananmen massacre. "Deng Xiaoping's new China was tainted because the blood of Chinese workers and students had been...
...Gyanendra's move may be to vindicate himself by reminding his people of just how inept their politicians are. Nonetheless, after 20 months of deadlock between the King and Nepal's political parties, many feel that any change is welcome. "At last, something has moved," sighs one South Asian diplomat. And not a moment too soon: Maoist leaders say they are preparing for a "nationwide attack" against the government in the near future. Deuba must make peace with the opposition and confront the growing Maoist problem, or Nepal will keep going round in circles...
...DIED. TOSHIKAZU KASE, 101, pragmatic Japanese diplomat who participated in the signing of Japan's surrender to the U.S. in 1945; in Kamakura, Japan. Educated at Amherst College and Harvard University, Kase held key posts in Japan's Foreign Ministry before and during World War II. After the war he became a staunch American ally, championing the U.S.-Japan alliance and serving as Japan's first ambassador...
Whether the U.S. can line up the international support it needs will depend on the diplomatic skills of Brahimi, who is due to return to New York City within days to brief the Security Council on the outlines of Iraq's new political structure. Given the Administration's original ambitions for remaking the Middle East in Iraq's image, Brahimi is an unlikely savior. Despite his talents as a diplomat, he is a symbol of the secular Arab status quo, and as a member of Algeria's governing council in 1992, he helped put down Islamic radicals who were starting...