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...economic sanctions against South Africa. Whites saw their nation becoming an international pariah. Realizing he needed Mandela, Botha arranged a meeting with him at the presidential residence, Tuynhuys, in Cape Town in July 1989 -- Mandela had been slipped out of prison for the purpose. The two issued a joint communique committing themselves, in general terms, to peace. A month later, Botha, whose authoritarian style had impeded real progress, was nudged out of office by party leaders. Though he was no one's idea of a revolutionary, De Klerk had carefully watched Botha's struggles...
North Korea and South Korea once viewed their encounters in international sporting competitions as proxy warfare. And therein lies the symbolic importance of their decision, announced Tuesday, to field a joint team for the 2006 Asian Games and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The once-bitter enemies had already marched together in opening ceremonies at the two previous Olympiads in Sydney and Athens. But fielding a joint team is a major affirmation of the principle that the separate states of North Korea and South Korea nonetheless constitute a single nation. It is also a victory for Seoul, which has been...
...agreeing to field a joint Olympic team, North Korea could be making another play to South Korean public opinion. That's fine with Seoul as long as it advances detente. But the Olympic decision won't be cost-free for the South: Seoul may have to sacrifice some of its athletes to make room for North Koreans on the team rosters. It will also likely end up footing the bills for the joint team, as it has in the past for inter-Korean sporting events. But for many South Koreans, that will be a small price...
...with AIDS, TB, malaria, typhoid, cholera, malnutrition and anemia. Some will die. Most will be cured. All will be treated with as much care and attention--if not more--as is afforded wealthy patients at Harvard Medical School and Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, where Farmer has joint appointments. He calls this approach the "preferential option for the poor...
...embarrassing performances. Remember Vast Aire, from indie superduo Cannibal Ox? He delivers perhaps the most uninspiring, arrhythmic set of bars in recent hip-hop on “Slow Blues.”What are the album’s strengths? Well, there’s the RZA joint. Also, there are two irrelevant (albeit awesome) tracks by Del Tha Funky Homosapien, who did his best work before the Wu even existed. On “Fragments,” he sings off-key, raps conversationally, and generally acts bizarre, to great effect. “Preservation...