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...island. Now, after a four-year cease-fire, many fear it is drifting back into full-blown conflict. Norwegian facilitators have persuaded the Sinhalese government and the Tigers to meet in Geneva later this month, the first time the two sides have come together in three years. The sole item on the agenda is to discuss better implementation of a cease-fire agreement, signed in Feb. 2002, but which is now on life support. "There will be some pretty important people from both sides there," says a Western diplomat in Colombo. "And the hope is that if you get them...
...Sweater for All Seasons Your notebook item, "No Changing His Stripes," about Bolivia's new President, Evo Morales and his omnipresent striped pullover [Jan. 23], made me wish there were more leaders like Morales who would pay less attention to how they look for photo ops and more to their job. Anurag Chatrath New Delhi...
...serve the people, these "public servants" want to use lip service and cosmetic changes to pull the wool back over our eyes. There can be no excuses for their flagrant disrespect and misuse of public office. Jeremiah Duke Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, U.S. A Sweater for All Seasons Your notebook item "No Changing His Stripes," about Bolivia 's new President, Evo Morales, and his omnipresent striped pullover [Jan. 23], made me wish there were more leaders like Morales who would pay less attention to how they look for photo ops and more to their job. Anurag Chatrath New Delhi Above...
...final minutes of yesterday’s Faculty meeting, after no more professors requested to speak, a brief attempt was made to discuss the only item on the docket, which was the schedule of discussion of the curricular review and the recommendations of the Educational Policy Committee...
...Boring (But Clean) The Federal Accountability Act is item No. 1 on the Tories' list of campaign priorities. The long-mooted set of initiatives, which includes stringent controls over lobbying and government appointments and stricter limits on campaign contributions, could be tabled fairly quickly in the new House of Commons, which may begin sitting in mid-March. Given the lingering anger over the sponsorship scandal, says former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, "I can't see anybody in that Parliament voting against that in principle." The bill's final form, though, will have to take into account the recommendations...