Word: neighborly
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...Mbeki's departure could not have come at a worse time for South Africa's northern neighbor, Zimbabwe, where the South African President painstakingly brokered a power-sharing compromise aimed at ending the country's prolonged political crisis. Signed a week ago by Zimbabwe's autocratic president, Robert Mugabe, and his bitter enemy, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the deal has been hanging by a thread. If it holds, the Zimbabwe deal could be Mbeki's most enduring legacy, despite the criticism he has drawn for a policy of "silent diplomacy" that was seen by many to appease Mugabe...
...writing - for many Indians - was on the Great Wall. For citizens of the other rising Asian giant, the Games had already broadcast how far their India lagged behind China on the field of play. Now, the leader of Nepal - once virtually a client state of its vast southern neighbor - was marking his rise to power not with the customary audience in New Delhi, but in Beijing...
...deploy additional soldiers in areas where the Taliban is suspected to hide. President Bush has already promised one additional brigade, but more will be needed to help the 33,000 troops already spread thin across a country one and a half times as large as its westerly neighbor. Adding more troops to Afghanistan may sound suspiciously like the Iraqi “surge”, but the primary aim in this case would be development rather than security. The focus in Afghanistan right now needs to be on building infrastructure. In a country riddled with poverty, landmines, and a thriving...
...wanting to see you do well. You’re happy to hear a teammate playing well and helping your team even if he’s beating you.” It was a particularly special treat to play on the well-respected Red Course at Bethpage, a neighbor to the Black Course, where the U.S. Open will be played in 2009. Players in this week’s tournament could see officials preparing the course in anticipation of the June major. This year’s team is a much more consistent, able, and cohesive bunch, as indicated...
Recently, Nikon sent me its new breakthrough D90--the first digital, single-lens-reflex camera that also shoots high-definition video. I immediately ran it over to my neighbor Kupcake Bentley, the macho photographer, to get his take...