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...ways to deal with the mess in Iraq. One is withdrawal of all the troops and letting the Iraqis sort it out, which is unacceptable. The other is partition with cooperation from the other Arab countries. It would be nice to think this proposal alone would stir the Iraqi Parliament into finding a solution. Maira Empey Chelmsford, England Ghosh offered an amazing view of hell on earth. I grew up in Ireland during the Troubles and know the anguish one experiences during times like that. It is indeed pure hell being worried your mother and father will be dragged from...
Already, one left-wing Parliament member, John McDonnell, says he'll run for the Labour leadership. But he has no real shot (odds: 100 to 1 against). John Reid (8 to 1 against), a former Communist turned right-wing Blairite, has long disliked Brown and would relish a grudge match. But at 59, he's the oldest likely contender, and his style seems out of tune with the iPod age. Hipness wouldn't be a problem for David Miliband (12 to 1 against), the 41-year-old Environment Minister. He's articulate, attractive--he even blogs. Alan Johnson, a genial...
...recently as February 2005 Thaksin won a landslide re-election victory. But he was forced to dissolve parliament only a year later following mass demonstrations in Bangkok calling for him to step down, triggered by the controversial sale of his family company Shin Corp. to a group led by Singapore's Temasek Holdings. Since then, Thai politics have descended into high farce, culminating in an April snap election boycotted by the opposition and later invalidated by the courts. The election commissioners who oversaw this debacle refused to resign until they were briefly thrown in jail. A fresh ballot has been...
...Thaksin seems unwilling to grasp that he is the central problem in Thai politics. He remains popular with rural people, especially in the north and northeast of the country, and may well win another majority in parliament. Yet few of his own ministers have spoken out in his support in recent weeks. Questions abound about his ethics, his authoritarian style, and the blurred line between his business interests and the national interest. Thaksin no longer commands much respect from the country's business, intellectual or social ?lites, nor from those close to the palace. Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanond...
...extent to which the country is beginning to emerge from decades of underdevelopment. A late-afternoon walk through Shar-i-Naw Park offers a glimpse of the country's transformation: while Afghan boys play volleyball and girls mingle uncovered by burqas, local men gather with a member of parliament to voice complaints about the government. Although small-bore, all of those activities happen every day; none were tolerated by the Taliban...