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...French President Nicolas Sarkozy has indicated that he wants to loosen Paris's longstanding ties to African nations with dubious political credentials. He has also suggested he wants France to rejoin the NATO integrated military command that President Charles De Gaulle pulled out of in 1966. "Europeanizing" France's military presence in Africa is seen as helping Paris towards both those goals. Sarkozy says he wants to beef up the E.U. defense capacities, and having an E.U. mission in Chad is one way of encouraging that. He also says an independent E.U. defense capability is the price for France rejoining...
...death in a plane crash in August 1988 helped to further loosen the military strictures around the country, and Bhutto became Prime Minister by December of that year. As a ruler, Bhutto got few favorable reviews in Pakistan. Her government passed no legislation except a budget during its first 14 months in power. Much of its energy was squandered feuding with the opposition. Among the first acts of Bhutto's party after coming to power was a campaign to bribe and threaten legislators in Punjab. The goal: to overthrow Bhutto's nemesis, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Punjab's chief minister...
...human embryonic stem cell research” wasn’t quite enough to make everybody grateful this Thanksgiving. One of the scientists involved in the advance, James Thompson, pointed out that Bush’s “ethical” approach (i.e. repeatedly vetoing bills that would loosen regulations on the research) is what set stem cell research back about four years. Bush is taking credit for funding a particular area of science when he was in fact one of the main opponents (fiscally and vocally) of what many scientists believe to be the most promising area...
...Burma watchers say the country's future ultimately rests with Than Shwe, and all indications are that the reclusive 74-year-old general won't loosen his grip on power. "I haven't seen anything that shows he is willing to make any concessions on anything substantial,'' said Win Min, a Thailand-based author and Burma expert. The democracy protests, Burma's biggest political uprising in years, have done little to change the status...
...watched Clinton perform over the past year, it has been hard not to admire the sheer effort she's made - to know the issues, to become a more effective speaker on the stump, to be more personable, to loosen up a little. It is also hard not to admire the sheer, pellucid quality of her intelligence. She has already proved herself an indefatigable campaigner and a deft debater, with a personal confidence that Bill - who always seemed desperate for approval - never had. Rather than collapse under the pressure of what promises to be a tense and thrilling campaign, she seems...