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...Starting on Aug. 26, world leaders will convene in Johannesburg for 10 days to assess the state of the planet and chart a course of action. The focus will be on "sustainable development": how to keep growing and lifting living standards without exhausting the globe's natural resources. In an essay written for TIME, Kofi Annan, the U.N. Secretary-General, articulates a future that could be bright or disastrous, depending on the policies we adopt...
...Most important, another path exists--one that is better for people, less harmful to the environment and possible with the policies, knowledge and technologies at our disposal today. The human family has taken tentative steps in this enlightened direction. The purpose of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg is to ensure that we gain firmer footing on that road and stick to it once...
Examples include a speech given in March last year, in which Arafat praised “the blood of the martyrs as a precious asset to liberate the land,” and a better-known talk in a mosque in Johannesburg in 1994, in which he compared the struggle for “Palestine” to a story from the Koran which tells of a peace treaty signed by Muhammad with a strong enemy tribe. In the story, after building his strength, Muhammad abrogated the treaty, and then slaughtered the members of the tribe. The implication...
...Milligan became a comedy-show host, and appeared in a number of films, including Monty Python's Life of Brian. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. See Eulogy. RETIRED. ALLAN DONALD, RETIRED. ALLAN DONALD, 35, South Africa's all-time leading bowler, from Test cricket; in Johannesburg. Donald, who had taken 330 wickets in 70 Tests, quit after mounting injuries. VISAS REVOKED. Of SHAWN CRISPIN, 33, and RODNEY TASKER, 56, Far Eastern Economic Review reporters, by Thai police; in Bangkok. The pair face expulsion from the country and possible criminal charges primarily because of an article alleging...
...shape of the rich world's policies for poverty reduction. Next month in Monterrey, Mexico, President Bush and other leaders will gather to hash out the scale and terms of a new and expanded program of financial assistance to the poorest countries. In the fall a conference in Johannesburg will take stock of the progress toward the U.N.'s "millennium goals" to eliminate extreme poverty and increase access to education and health care...