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...Dalai Lama's Greatest Trial I was deeply moved by Pico Iyer's "A Monk's Struggle" [March 31]. Despite the Dalai Lama's half-century of exile and the erosion of Tibetan culture due to the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Buddhist leader maintains his lucid and compassionate vision. In the face of Chinese oppression, the fact that he sees the advantages of China's modernizing influence and envisions an autonomous Tibet within Chinese borders is a testament to his infinite wisdom. If our next President and other world leaders could emulate the Dalai Lama's compassionate politics...
...Obama's Achilles' Heel? Obama addressed the Wright problem before it assumed crisis proportions [March 31]. In doing so, he displayed a clarity and depth of vision that I have not witnessed in any other politician during my lifetime. His speech was courageous and honest. Above all it showed remarkable faith in our nation's ability to see in shades of gray, rather than black and white. If this is an indication of how he would handle the presidency, I say hallelujah and amen. Farhat Biviji, Cherry Hill...
...Mugabe's Road "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose," goes the Kris Kristofferson lyric. It might have been written about Zimbabwe's freedom from colonialist rule 28 years ago [March 31]. Now, sadly, that freedom amounts to hyperinflation, barren farms, food scarcities and the flight of millions of citizens. It's time for Mugabe to go. Zimbabwe has nothing left to lose. Ron Eddy, Auckland...
...have won Zimbabwe's presidential election, beating the country's tyrannical leader, Robert Mugabe. But according to most independent observers, Mugabe had the results fixed, extending his tenure as Zimbabwe's only ruler since independence in 1980. Now Tsvangirai is trying to avoid being robbed again. Results of the March 29 general election have not yet been announced, but the Zimbabwe Election Commission indicates that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has seized the parliamentary majority from Mugabe's Zanu-PF. Tsvangirai is sure he's won the presidential vote. But Mugabe, 84, is demanding a recount and a runoff...
...night in March, I joined Jeff Motunde, a Nigerian-born Broadway outreach worker, and police officers for a survey of Heathrow's homeless. Those contacted included a man sleeping under his coat, another conspicuously hiding behind an open newspaper, and a woman clutching a duty-free bag who insisted she was waiting for a flight, only to whisper when police were out of earshot, "I can't afford electricity. It's warm here. Please let me stay...