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...Today, Burma's plight receives immeasurably more international attention than it did 20 years ago. U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush met with Burmese activists and visited refugees during their stopover in Thailand en route to the Beijing Olympics, while the U.N. has dispatched two special envoys to Rangoon this month. Yet ordinary Burmese have less faith than ever that global diplomacy will improve their lives. Last September's protests taught them there are limits to what the world is willing or able...
...trips to the villages provided glimpses into how emergency food aid worked - or didn't. Hundreds of millions are spent on immediate food relief because the popular notion is to alleviate the plight of starving children. But that means little is spent on economic development to prevent the shortages that led to hunger in the first place. Says Mafa E. Chipeta, East Africa coordinator for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: "This is not an emergency only for this year. This is a persistent problem that we have failed to deal with. Aid needs a complete rethink." In many...
...Bulgaria's plight is also a failure for the E.U. The lure of E.U. membership is often held up as the best way to get countries to reform. The chance to join Europe is one reason Serbia saw to it that wanted Bosnian Serb strongman Radovan Karadzic was arrested this week. Serbian authorities can now look forward to new trade agreements, and to starting the long and laborious process of joining...
...have expressed reservations about his level of commitment to Israel. During his press conference, Obama highlighted the challenges for both sides in the conflict, citing the day's terror attack in Jerusalem as further reason for why the Israelis are hesitant to make a deal while noting the economic plight of the Palestinians that only exacerbates the situation. "It's difficult for either side to make the bold move that would bring about peace," said Obama. "There's a tendency for each side to focus on the faults of the other rather than look in the mirror...
...Jesse would die in a matter of weeks. The impending tragedy had the makings of a front-page story, which it quickly became. With help from a family priest and a local right-to-life group, a press conference was arranged that brought instant national attention to Jesse's plight. ''We had an outrageous violation of civil rights here,'' charged Right-to-Life Spokeswoman Susan Carpenter McMillan. The resulting outcry led Loma Linda to make a deal: if Jesse's parents surrendered custody to his grandparents, he would become eligible for surgery. Though Jesse ultimately got a heart, the hospital...