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...much on kat as on food. Saleh would like to make the country more economically productive, but investors are leery of Yemen's frontier culture. After Sept. 11, the government launched a grand sweep against individuals suspected of al-Qaeda links, and it still holds hundreds, according to high-level officials. In his effort to impose order, Saleh has tried more subtle measures too. Until a year ago, it was normal for cars, especially those belonging to affluent tribal leaders, to move about Yemen's roads without license plates. Saleh set an example, now widely followed, by putting plates...
...More than a few G.O.P. candidates, taking their cue from Bush's political guru, are beating the war drums in their speeches and insinuating that their Democratic opponents are soft on defense. But others fear this kind of talk has gone too far and could backfire. "There are some high-level people in the White House, Karl Rove being the main driver, who are using this for politics," says a G.O.P. Senator, whose message to his colleagues is: "Don't be baited. Don't let Rove hook...
...skillfully repackaged himself as an outsider. His decision to represent himself in court combined with his physical isolation in the Hague helped foster the image of one man standing against a powerful foe. So too has the unnamed heart ailment that repeatedly halted proceedings this summer. The absence of high-level witnesses who could testify to his crimes from the inside hasn't helped. "In principle I hate him," says Luka Raspopovic, 19, a student lounging by the Sava River. " But I am rooting for him in the trial. He's alone against the world." Milosevic has also used...
...Nepal. CHINA Dalai Envoys Representatives of the Dalai Lama visited Beijing in the first formal exchange in nine years between China and the exiled Tibetan leader. The delegation included the Dalai Lama's representatives in the U.S. and Europe, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen. The purpose of the high-level visit was not revealed but U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said: "We do see the trip of Lodi Gyari to Beijing and then to Lhasa [Tibet's capital] as a positive development." In 1950, China took control of Tibet, a move it calls a "peaceful liberation...
What can one conference do, especially given that the record in the decade since the Earth Summit is largely one of painfully slow progress and a deepening global environmental crisis? Johannesburg will surely sound another alarm. Above all, it must revive high-level political commitment to sustainable development. We have seen the results that can be achieved when leaders speak publicly about an issue--be it aids, aid or trade--and put the full weight and resources of their administrations behind...