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...minister's killers tried to mask the assassination by making it seem spontaneous. It occurred last Thursday at Kabul's airport, where for two days, 800 pilgrims on their way to the hajj had been stranded, hungry, thirsty and freezing in their white cotton robes and sandals. Their plight was largely a result of Rahman's incompetence: his staff had failed to fill out the necessary paperwork for two Saudi jumbo jets to land at Kabul and whisk the pilgrims off to Mecca...
Before they launch hasty trademark fights, countries should consider America's plight. Though it is winning its battle with the Vietnamese, the U.S. has lost ground elsewhere in the trademarking war. Congress's catfish vote forced the U.S. trade representative to drop opposition to a similar ban in Europe that allows only North Atlantic sardines to be sold as herring...
...minister's killers tried to mask the assassination by making it seem spontaneous. It occurred last Thursday at Kabul's airport, where for two days, 800 pilgrims on their way to the hajj had been stranded, hungry, thirsty and freezing in their white cotton robes and sandals. Their plight was largely a result of Rahman's incompetence: his staff had failed to fill out the necessary paperwork for two Saudi jumbo jets to land at Kabul and whisk the pilgrims off to Mecca...
Many of my countrymen thought that the world would let South Africa get away with apartheid—the Americans and British liked our diamonds too much to pay more than lip-service to the plight of our black majority. But then what happened? Divestment campaigns and university sit-ins all over North America and Europe, and before you know it, we get slapped with UN sanctions...
...pressure is not just coming from abroad, but also from within Israel. For years, Israeli peace and human rights organizations like B’Tselem, Peace Now, and Women in Black have brought the plight of the Palestinians to the attention of the Israeli public. And now, even the army is beginning to question apartheid rule. Two weeks ago, 52 officers risked imprisonment by issuing a statement refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. At last count, 157 more reservists have joined them. Their message is simple: “We will not continue to fight beyond the Green Line...