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...Blagojevich brought him over because he thought with a guy like Harris, maybe Blagojevich would be able to govern like Daley," Simpson said. "City hall, I doubt, is the main thrust of this current investigation, but they may be able to backtrack into city hall if Harris starts to trade information. He certainly knew about the scandals at city hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Blago Cause Trouble for Daley? | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

...know that point in a movie where it seems like all is lost? It generally arrives at the end of Act II or the beginning of Act III. Something dire has just occurred and the main characters are on the precipice of obscurity, failure or even death. You know that point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forty Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...Matt has been the main student advocate,” he said. He added that Sundquist has empowered other UC representatives, and that for students as a whole he “has definitely been the most visible UC president in remembered history...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leading Candidates Give Sundquist Mixed Reviews | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...fear a more gloomy result this month: a return to the way things were before. The aborted election two years ago saw some 12 million fake names on the voter roll, which, among other allegations of fraud, led to disputes and running street battles between the country's two main political parties, the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The interim government rode into power on a tidal wave of popular anger and exasperation with the AL and the BNP and their demagogic, warring leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, who ran these behemoth parties as their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bangladesh: Ready to Vote Again | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...West and Zimbabweans are unable to muster the power to depose Mugabe, what of his African neighbors? The two main African organizations with leverage over events in Zimbabwe are the African Union, which has peacekeepers in Darfur and Somalia, and the Southern African Development Community, which has overseen the stalled power-sharing talks between Mugabe and the MDC. The African country with the most power to affect change in Zimbabwe is South Africa, which supplies Zimbabwe's electricity and is the landlocked country's main link with the outside world. But political infighting in the ruling African National Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cholera Ravages Zimbabwe, Mugabe Won't Budge | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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