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The case was due to reconvene in Miami on July 13, but an eleventh-hour temporary reprieve was granted over the weekend, with a U.S. federal court postponing the ruling until Aug. 3 to allow both countries to negotiate a settlement.
Britain is a notoriously negative nation. We were convinced we wouldn’t be granted the opportunity to host the Olympics in 2011, and when we were, we moaned about the cost. In contrast to the chipper optimism in the U.S., pessimism runs rampant throughout Britain.
Granted, some Iranians have little taste for American culture, but they see immigration to the U.S. and Europe as a way to escape the increasingly repressive regime. The brain drain has been a pressing problem for years, but the presidential election and its fallout has quickened its pace. An Iranian...
Liberia is far from out of the woods. Violent crime is rising. Johnson Sirleaf admits to "a capacity problem" in the professional classes, including government. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, so effective in postapartheid South Africa, has seen little of either in Liberia. Property rights remain confused. Concessions granted under...
Does being a woman president add complications? It does. I represent the aspirations and expectations of the women. I must ensure their expectations are met. I must open the doors for other women. And people want me to go and speak, to tell of my experiences. I find myself so...