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Most Americans can be forgiven if they have forgotten--assuming they ever knew--that the U.S. has been at war with Iraq. A year ago, as the U.N. weapons-inspection program in Iraq collapsed, President Clinton announced that the U.S. would not only "contain" Saddam's threat to the rest of the world but also work to "change" the brutal regime in Baghdad. Clinton also signed the Republican-sponsored Iraq Liberation Act, which allowed him to supply Iraqi opposition groups with as much as $97 million worth of military equipment and training. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appointed veteran foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firing Blanks | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...With ambiguities about the future of military institutions in countries such as Nigeria, it would appear that the situation could quickly develop into a blackmail of the global financial assistance system. This is why President Obasanjo's threat to the western world--that if the external debt is not forgiven Nigeria will be forced into a hermit situation to save money--appears to be not so much of a threat...

Author: By Dele Ogunseitan, | Title: Na Democracy Man Go Chop? | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

...morning's loudest and longest applause came when Jeffrey D. Sachs, the director of the Harvard Center for International Development, told Obasanjo and the audience that his center is fighting to get developing countries' debt forgiven...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nigerian President Commits to Democracy | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...them and will certainly not disappoint any fan of CSNY. It is only that the road that David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young have chosen is not an easy one. They stumble frequently on this new album, but in the moments that they succeed, all is forgiven...

Author: By Carla Mastraccio, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Album Review: Looking Forward to New CSNY? Don't Be So Sure: Ten Years After Their Last Album and 30 Years After | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...With one of last year's recipients, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, having turned out to be something less than the visionary peacemaker that the award would imply after he put the kibosh on Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement, committee members could be forgiven for casting a skeptical eye over 1999's other front-runners: U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan may be the world's preeminent peacemaker, but he was left flailing helplessly on the sidelines as the Kosovo conflict took shape and East Timor descended into anarchy. Similarly, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke's previous efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Peace Prize Went to Some Fearless Doctors | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

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