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...Zimbabwe's Suffering The gentle people of Zimbabwe are putting up with the impossible [July 14]. Mugabe may well want to go into luxurious retirement but is prevented from doing so by his henchmen. The self-interest of this handful of people has to be addressed to achieve a change of leadership. If the culture of corruption is not addressed, no future government will bring the change that this lovely country deserves. Tjarda Barratt, ELNORA, ALTA...
...Moreno-Ocampo's "arsonists" was Ahmed Haroun, who in 2003 and 2004, as Sudan's Minister of the Interior, allegedly organized the janjaweed militia to murder and destroy villages in Darfur. In February 2007, Moreno-Ocampo indicted Haroun and one of his henchmen, Ali Koshayb, a janjaweed leader. The indictment threw the Sudanese into a panic, Moreno-Ocampo says, and they dispatched an ambassador with a question: "Suppose Haroun comes to the Hague and says he was only following instruction - do you have to investigate the person who gave the instructions?" Moreno-Ocampo believes the inquiry was about President...
...Zimbabwe's Suffering The gentle people of Zimbabwe are putting up with the impossible [July 14]. President Mugabe may well want to go into luxurious retirement but is prevented from doing so by his henchmen. The self-interest of this handful of people has to be addressed to achieve a change of leadership. If the culture of corruption is not addressed, no future government will bring the change this lovely country deserves. Tjarda Barratt, Elnora, Canada...
...Danny Elfman, which would pass virtually without notice in a fictional melodrama, but which here rings and thunders with portent. These are accompanied by sound effects of dubious provenance. Then there are the inserts, like the famous deck of playing cards, carrying pictures of Saddam Hussein and his leading henchmen, which was distributed to American troops in Iraq, Images of some of these cards, very handsomely photographed against black, fly artfully, abstractly across the screen in a manner that is distinctly at odds with the essential grubbiness of the extant stills and videos of the actual events at the prison...
Kenya at War with Itself It began with a disputed election that sparked ethnic violence. On Jan. 29, the killing of an opposition lawmaker led to still more bloodshed. Kofi Annan can get the two candidates to meet, but who will control their henchmen...