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One of the reasons many of us supported George W. Bush for President in 2000 was his quiet but clear endorsement of the responsibility society. After the drift of the Clinton years, the new President seemed to be saying that he would not trivialize his responsibilities for personal pleasure or...
Put to the Test U.K. The Home Office proposed exams for would-be British citizens. Under the plans, likely to become law in 2004, immigrants would have to demonstrate proficiency in English, as well as an understanding of U.K. history and society before they could apply for a British passport...
from acting leader Moses Blah, former deputy to now-exiled President Charles Taylor. Businessman Gyude Bryant was appointed chief of the new administration, where he will oversee a cabinet drawn from the outgoing government, rebel groups and opposition parties. Fully elected leaders will take over by January 2006. With armed...
Unfortunately, the insanity of the situation on the ground is matched--and perhaps exacerbated--by the diplomatic dithering over how to bring the war to an end. Almost every day, it seems, Liberia's neighbors hold another planning meeting in Senegal and pledge to send in several thousand peacekeeping troops...
Yuri Shchekochikhin could foretell the future. In May, as a wave of suicide attacks in Chechnya killed 77 people and wounded over 300 others, he made a prediction. "We have entered a new stage. It's Palestine," he told TIME. "Now suicide bombers will start hitting Russia." His grim prophecy...