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...particularly dynamic opposition leader. Everything shifted again with this year's presidential election campaign and the nearly successful assassination attempt late last summer. "That poisoning attempt really changed him," said Andriy Gusak, whose Pora movement played a key role in the orange revolution. "He had never been a real fighter until then, but he became one after the attempt on his life showed how ? high the stakes were...
That poisoning attempt really changed him. He had never been a real fighter until then
...hectic and controversial year, Australia's Federal Police Commissioner seemed as likely to turn up in Jakarta, Seoul, Dili, Nuku'alofa, Honiara or Lae as in his home base of Canberra. Mick Keelty, 50, is the region's premier crime fighter at a time when law enforcement is anything but a desk job. The force he leads is charged with fighting terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, people smuggling, identity theft, sexual servitude and child pornography. The A.F.P.'s first duty is to Australia, but on Keelty's watch it has also taken its intelligence-based approach abroad, helping police...
...told supporters in Bucharest. "I will turn Romania into a nation of winners." Because no party emerged from parliamentary elections last month with a majority, Basescu must choose the country's new Prime Minister. Next, he promises to tackle the country's corruption and cronyism. "He is a fighter," says Adrian Ursu, an editor at the Bucharest daily, Adevarul. "He thrives on conflict...
...Arafat then? A terrorist? Certainly in the early years and arguably again toward the end. A freedom fighter? Undoubtedly. He lofted the cause of a small, disenfranchised and basically powerless people to the top of the world's agenda. A peacemaker? Many Israelis say that was just an act, but if it was, it was a convincing one, at least for a time. In the end, though, Arafat, for all his calculated obfuscations, proved all too human. It was vanity, selfishness and a failure of courage that ultimately prevented him from realizing his ambition of a state for his people...