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Nkunda arrives two hours late, sweeping to a halt in front of a sweating crowd of 2,000 in a blacked-out Toyota Land Cruiser flanked by jogging uniformed bodyguards. As Nkunda disembarks, the goons shove and kick reporters and spectators, then stand moon-faced and legs apart around their...
That space, of course, isn't normally used for multi-tasking. But in an effort to protect delicate sensibilities, the city made sure to disturb the cemetery as little as possible. Although the panels would produce more energy if they pointed directly south, that orientation would have required adding a...
5. Does this rescue mean Citi's stock is a buy? With the government injecting a total of $27 billion into Citi and getting warrants to buy more shares, existing shareholders will be diluted - in other words, every shareholder now owns a smaller slice of the business. On the upside...
Of course, some have pointed out that contemporary governments shouldn’t meddle in history, that the confirmation and evaluation of historical phenomena should be left to historians. However, Congress has a strong precedent of politically recognizing historic events. In recent years, it has passed resolutions commemorating the anniversaries...
The Gist: Latin America hasn't been a top foreign policy priority for the Bush Administration. Two wars, tattered Israeli-Palestinian relations and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea have conspired to consign the region to the political backburner. But this Brookings report - issued by a cadre of...