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Since the military coup in July, Burundi has been under economic embargo, an attempt by its neighbors to force the rulers to restore the constitution and begin peace talks between the tribes. Three days after Ruhuna's death, military leader Major Pierre Buyoya lifted restrictions on the parliament and political parties. The constitution, however, remains suspended, and Buyoya is balking at talks with Hutu rebels. Meanwhile, Rome mourned the death of the man Pope John Paul II called a "generous minister of God." The pontiff will send Cardinal Jozef Tomko, head of the Vatican's office for missions, to celebrate...
...have lost more than it gained. Those eager to remove Saddam dismissed the U.S. strikes as mere pinpricks. Most countries considered them an unwarranted example of U.S. globo-copping, self-serving unilateral military action dictated by election-year politics. The suffering of ordinary Iraqis after five years of embargo has recast the U.S. as the bully and Iraq as the victim...
There were, however, some protests this year. Jovenes Rebeldes, a band of high-school age Latinos, gathered outside the United Center, clad in skimasks and bandanas, demanding freedom for political prisoners and an end to the embargo of Cuba...
There were, however, some protests this year. Jovenes Rebeldes, a band of high-school age Latinos, gathered outside the United Center, clad in skimasks and bandanas, demanding freedom for political prisoners and an end to the embargo of Cuba...
...awaits the lifting of the U.S. embargo more eagerly than Cuban scientists, who struggle to obtain basic supplies--chemical reagents, for instance--that in the U.S. are but a phone call away, and whose incomes are starting to trail behind those of service workers buoyed by Cuba's rising tourist trade. CIGB has reportedly started paying its scientists partly in dollars to keep them from leaving the field. "I love my research," confides a hardworking scientist. "But if I have to drive a taxi to support my family, I will...