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...line, continuing to keep his tight rein on power while paying lip service to the kind of democratization that the Bush Administration claims to be spreading in the Middle East. Mubarak has argued that the mere fact that Egyptians are protesting is "evidence of democracy," but in recent weeks, harsh beatings of demonstrators and detentions of political dissidents have left little doubt about the Mubarak regime's lack of tolerance for any real opposition...
After a few final hours of procrastination, Mobutu, 66, ultimately accepted the harsh but just verdict of history. His grossly ruinous reign was finished. On Friday he flew without fanfare to his garish mansion at Gbadolite, 700 miles north of Kinshasa, leaving Information Minister Kin-Kiey Mulumba to announce to the press that the President had "ceased all intervention in the conduct of the affairs of state." Mobutu, who had said he would never be known as "ex-President," only "late President," still refused to give up his title. The President "reigns but does not govern," said Kin-Kiey...
...entirely bleak. After all, this move to independence was not followed by the grotesque terrors of artillery fire and burning villages that sent convoys of refugees toiling through Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo (Macedonia slipped out easily, but that was only because Milosevic was busy elsewhere at the time). Although harsh words were used by both sides during the referendum campaign in Montenegro, the decision was reached through a democratic process, and Serbian President Boris Tadic was among the first to congratulate Montenegrins on their newly acquired autonomy. Moreover, now that we're all alone, we Serbs can finally focus...
...Dear Pfrustrated~ There are three possible reasons: 1) He meant to call but lost your number (insert some other lame excuse here). 2) Unclear. 3) You and he had fun, but he did not see it as something he cared to pursue in the future. Yes, number three is harsh, but that is because it is probably the truth and the truth hurts. Honestly, you probably already knew this and just needed someone else to say it. As Eric Matthews from “Boy Meets World” once told his brother Corey, “Life?...
...students have won the scholarship in the decade since it was created. Tracy T. “Ty” Moore II ’06, a current scholar, remarked that the student essayists demonstrate that “it is possible to triumph in the midst of harsh circumstances.” The purpose of the event, according to Ellen T. Yiadom ‘06, coordinator and current scholar, was “to share these interesting and inspiring stories with Harvard and the surrounding community.” The Ghanaian-born Yiadom came to the United States...