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...education, business-friendly policies and trade with the West. Much as Singapore has done in Southeast Asia, Tunisia has succeeded by galvanizing the raw potential of its people. It's an impressive instance of a country farsightedly making a virtue out of necessity: despite being wedged between energy giants Libya and Algeria, Tunisia has few natural resources; no vein of gems or minerals runs under its desert flatlands...
...human-rights record of Tunisia - with its small population and economy - should perhaps matter little to the West, compared with that of Libya and Algeria, whose mammoth energy reserves make them important strategic players. But Tunisia's crackdown against Islamic militants has made it a dependable partner in Washington's war on terror, and Tunisian intelligence officers provide "intense cooperation" with CIA and FBI agents, says Tahar Fellous Refaï, director general of external relations and international cooperation at Tunisia's Ministry of the Interior. In October the ripples from Tunisia's approach to human rights reached Washington: a federal...
...Still, the skeptics remain, noting for example that the price tag of what was once billed as a $100 laptop is now closer to $200. Moreover, the original strategy of getting six of the largest developing countries - Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria and Libya - to commit to buying one million units stalled in August. The governments in China and India have also been resistant, convinced that they can do something similar on their own. Negroponte's response has been to open up the program to individuals and companies, launching in mid-November in the United States a "Give...
However, Porter also said that he is accessible to candidates from all parties and administrations from all over the world. The list of countries he has advised in the past includes Rwanda, Libya, and Kazakhstan...
AFTER HE WAS APPOINTED Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, Admiral William Crowe Jr.'s esteemed counsel and leadership helped placate difficult situations with the Soviet Union, Iran and Libya, leading the New York Times to call him the "most powerful peacetime military officer in American history." The nonconformist Vietnam vet with three advanced degrees openly condemned the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy as anti-gay and sharply criticized the buildup to the first Gulf War. He served as U.S. ambassador to Britain during the Clinton Administration. Crowe...