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They stood in a smiling pose, two leaders locked in another international grip 'n' grin, pantomiming the deep ties between their countries. Later, at a press conference, it was more of the same, as if they were two new chums who had just finished a round of golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama in Japan: Public Solidarity Masks Tension | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...Iraqi governorates - should then hold a referendum to determine whether they should continue to be administered by Baghdad or be ruled by the Kurdistan Regional Government. It may have been constitutionally mandated, but the idea of forcibly resettling Kirkuk's Arab population was unthinkable while Iraq was in the grip of a Sunni-Arab insurgency and a Shi'ite-Sunni civil war, and that became the excuse for the al-Maliki government to allow several referendum deadlines to pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Elections Set, but Kurdish Tensions Remain | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...presidential election was held during the Civil War. Nobody imagined that the electoral contest between President Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan was the country's primary political battle; nor was the contest between Karzai and Abdullah the key conflict in Afghanistan. Instead, Afghanistan is in the grip of a civil war that pits a U.S.-backed political establishment, which includes both Karzai and Abdullah, against the Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why an Election Was Never the Answer in Afghanistan | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...woman trying rather unsuccessfully to play a man. As the play progresses, it becomes evident that this characterization is deliberate: Kinsley’s struggles with masculinity mirror those of Richard’s with kingship. Eventually, Kinsley blossoms, becoming a fascinatingly deep character. Even as Richard loses his grip on his crown and his sanity, Kinsley projects more assurance than might be expected from the role without losing any sense of her character’s pathos. When she says, in Richard’s final monologue, “Thus play I in one person many people...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All-Female Cast Attempts to Show Majesty of 'Richard II' | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...rests on solid foundations and respect for freedoms is guaranteed. But in other countries, political crises and instability dealt harsh blows to the work of journalists and news media ... In Zimbabwe (136th), the press seems to be in the process of freeing itself from the regime's vice-like grip. The situation was marred by former journalist Jestina Mukoko's abduction and then imprisonment for many weeks. But hopes have been buoyed by the new government of national unity's announcement in the summer that the BBC and CNN would be allowed to return and that the independent Daily News...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best — and Worst — Places to Be a Journalist | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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