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...obstruction by demonstrating outside China's main office in the territory. INDONESIA Democratic Reform The world's most populous Muslim state abolished an electoral system that let President Suharto hold power for 32 years. The People's Consultative Assembly passed changes to the constitution including the introduction of direct elections for president and vice president - previously, the Assembly chose the holders of both offices. The Assembly abolished the 38 seats reserved for the military and police, and rejected a call by two parties to introduce Islamic law. Increasing democratization has been contentious. Last month, President Megawati Sukarnoputri questioned whether Indonesians...
...Middle East and American unilateralism. The gulf between the American and European views of the Middle East could not be wider, which explains why several European allies responded to President Bush's recent call for new Palestinian leadership by emphasizing that they would deal with whomever the Palestinians elect, Yasser Arafat included. Influenced by fundamentalist Judeo-Christian beliefs, many Americans tend to see the rise of modern Israel as the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies, and they have developed an identification with Israel as a trusted ally that has only been strengthened by the events of Sept. 11 and the Aqsa...
MIDDLE EAST Bush Demands New Palestinian Leaders In a speech delivered at the white house U.S. President George W. Bush outlined his vision for peace in the Middle East. President Bush called on the Palestinians "to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror." He went on to say, "when the Palestinian people have new leaders, institutions and security arrangements, the United States will support the creation of a Palestinian state." Permanent statehood would come only after talks on the main divisive issues: borders, Jerusalem and the future of the Palestinian refugees. Israel would have to stop building settlements...
Somewhere, Ariel Sharon is smiling. The Israeli prime minister has plenty of reason to be pleased with President Bush's latest iteration of Mideast policy. On Monday, Bush declared that the Palestinians must elect new leaders if peace in the Mideast is ever to become reality. The speech may be controversial, but it won't do much to quell the violence in the region. For that, Bush must detail how he plans to balance Palestinian and Israeli concerns, while keeping Arab allies on board in the war on terror...
Roused in part by the President-elect's hawkish talk, the U.S. Congress looks ready this summer to approve the Bush Administration's request for some half a billion dollars in military aid for Colombia; it would be the first time the U.S. has funded counterinsurgency in Latin America since the 1980s. In response, the Marxist FARC has stepped up its violence. That is drawing more fire still from the nation's outlawed right-wing paramilitary groups, the Colombian Self-Defense Units, or AUC, which are infamous for massacring villagers they deem friendly to the FARC. On election night, Uribe...