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...because I’m in a different zone right now. I’m tryin’ to get out of traffic. I’m in a traffic jam right now...I’m going to my DJ’s house right now, going to listen to some more beats and all that, though, but I promise I catch you another time. Just trying to get through this...
...wearing a shirt stitched with a bright yellow sunflower stood on a weed-strewn football pitch and began lambasting President Robert Mugabe, the man who has ruled the country for 28 years. At first, the villagers looked on nervously. Then they began to gather and listen. Zimbabwe's descent from food exporter to malnutrition was an "abomination," said the stranger as the crowd murmured its approval. The clique around the President had stolen the country's land from the people, he charged. Louder sounds of approval. When he accused government ministers of being "cowards," afraid of Mugabe, the crowd began...
TIME Audio Listen to Mark Halperin's interview with Hillary Clinton at time.com/podcasts
...surprising character witnesses. "He has always done the right thing, as far as I know, on the legislation I have worked on with him," says Joan Claybrook, president of the liberal group Public Citizen, an organization that disagrees with most of McCain's votes on key issues. "He will listen to the merits and make a decision...
...Iraq war, no one would begrudge some brotherly love. But amid the love-in, Sarkozy "didn't propose anything you can put into policy or take to the bank," notes Gilles Delafon, an author and French political commentator. So while his powerful speech to Parliament "made people take notice, listen attentively, and feel positive and hopeful," Delafon says, "that's what he does. Look for the beef, and you won't find any." Sure enough, there was no firm talk of testy topics like the E.U.'s common agricultural policy, one that France defends only as keenly as Britain wishes...