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...Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe, filed a $135 billion class action against the U.S. government, claiming that billions of dollars belonging to some 500,000 Native Americans and their heirs had been mismanaged or stolen from accounts held in trust since the late 19th century. Through document discovery and courtroom testimony, the Cobell case revealed mismanagement, ineptness, dishonesty and delay by federal officials, leading U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to declare their conduct "fiscal and governmental irresponsibility in its purest form...
...previous outbreaks, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department officials in the city sometimes turn back containers of chickens and ducks that have tested positive for antibodies to avian flu. China refuses to officially acknowledge that it has an H5N1 problem. But as recently as last March, according to a document obtained by TIME, China's Ministry of Health was requesting from the WHO H5N1 reagents, which are used to test for presence of antibodies to the virus. That would indicate, at the very least, that China suspected this type of influenza might be afflicting its poultry...
With elections scheduled in June, time is running short for the United States to make good on its commitments to Afghanistan. While the challenges that remain may seem daunting, the passage of such a remarkable document gives us every hope that the Afghani people are closer to peace and stability than they have been in modern memory. Having come this far, the United States and the world must do their part to make sure that Afghanistan is in a position to make good on its constitution’s extraordinary promises...
...region struggling to reconcile religious law with individual freedom, Afghanistan’s new constitution shines out as an example of the balance that can be struck between democracy and religion. The document that creates the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is based on a system of civil law, but one in which no law may be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of Islam. It embraces the United Nations Charter and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. The document sets aside two representatives from each district—25 percent of the lower house—for women, who become...
Indeed, while progress is made to expand the government’s control, we can only hope that the dialogue produced by such a forward-looking document does not give way to traditional pressure when Afghanistan is called upon to choose a judiciary. A legal system filled with conservative judges intent on curbing individual freedom and exerting the influence of Islamic law would cripple Afghanistan’s early efforts at a pluralistic and democratic society...