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...months, the fact is that he lost because Australians wanted a change and Kevin Rudd campaigned brilliantly, offering a low-risk "me too" alternative but with sharp differences from unpopular Howard policies, particularly industrial relations, where his campaign was helped by a multimillion-dollar campaign by the trade union movement. Howard will be remembered as an outstanding PM who ultimately outstayed his welcome. Good luck, Mr. Howard, and thank you for your service. Nick White, Brisbane...
Some adversaries had good words for Chávez. "There's no doubt he brought necessary changes to a very corrupt Venezuela," says Juan Mejía, a head of the student movement that led the opposition to Chávez at the referendum. Indeed, it was Chávez's electrifying emergence that paved the way for the election in this decade of other leftist heads of state, like Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Argentina's Néstor Kirchner and Chile's Michelle Bachelet, even if Chávez affects to disdain their moderate, market-oriented socialism. Sunday's humbling results...
...nothing to lose by supporting Chaudhry's reinstatement. Musharraf had earlier attempted to oust Chaudhry in March, but was forced to back down in the face of nationwide protests. Since then, the independent-minded judge has been at the forefront of Pakistan's only genuine grassroots political movement in the past few decades. Its demand for the rule of law and an independent judiciary transcends party lines, and if Sharif can tap the Chief Justice's movement, his party stands a better chance at the polls - even if the electoral commission has ruled him ineligible to become Prime Minister because...
...perfect from both the field and the charity stripe. The dynamic duo posted more than half of the Crimson score with 23 points between them.“I think my strength is doing the little things,†Pusar said. “We got good ball movement, people were able to find me, but at the same time, they got way too many open shots, and I know that I was certainly lagging on some screens, so if I’m going to catch my stride, it’s going to be in those areas...
...lower inflation, Latin America's highest. And while they admire him for enfranchising the majority poor, they'd applaud as loudly if he did something to reduce their nightmarish crime. (Caracas on many weekends sees more than 50 murders.) Says Juan Mejia, 21, a leader of the student movement that galvanized opposition to the reforms, "Chávez can expect violent crime to be the reason for our next massive march - and he should march with...