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...DIED, MILTON OBOTE, 80, early architect of Uganda's independence from Britain in 1962 and the country's first postcolonial prime minister; in Johannesburg, South Africa. The savvy, but ultimately despotic, politician, who tried unsuccessfully to unite Uganda's factionalized parties, was overthrown in 1971 by his military aide, Idi Amin. After Amin's brutal reign, Obote regained power in 1980, but an allegedly rigged election and his repressive rule led to his ouster and exile to Zambia...
...House of Lords and chancellor of Oxford University. Now he's published Not Quite the Diplomat, a learned romp through the lessons of a life in politics. He spoke with Time's J.F.O. McAllister. you're very critical of tony blair. He's an extremely talented politician, articulate and intelligent, and brilliant at the more vulgar end of empathizing. But I think he's deeply superficial. He skids across the surface of issues. In foreign policy, that's accompanied by an excessive regard for his own ability to charm people into his point of view. doesn't a politician...
WARRANT ISSUED. For the arrest of EDUARDO VILLANUEVA, 59, popular Philippine evangelist and politician known as Brother Eddie, in connection with fraud allegations made by a partner in a television joint venture; in Manila. Villanueva, a onetime presidential candidate who has sided with opposition forces calling for the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, called the case an attempt to silence his criticism of Arroyo's administration. Government officials and the businessman who made the fraud claim, Benito Araneta, have denied Villanueva's allegations of political intimidation...
...just two years after the party was founded. He was the first Green to take a government post, wearing sneakers to his swearing-in ceremony in 1985 as Environment Minister in the state of Hesse. His appointment as German Foreign Minister, the highest post held by a Green politician, lent Germany a distinctive presence on the international stage, one enhanced when the former anti-militarist turned humanitarian interventionist backed German troop participation in Kosovo and later questioned Donald Rumsfeld on the eve of the Iraq war. ("Excuse me, I am not convinced," he told the U.S. Defense Secretary about claims...
...matter how many Sunnis come out to vote against it. It's no wonder that ordinary Sunnis increasingly believe they have no say in the political events sweeping through their country. "There is a sense that we are losing control of our destiny," says Hatem Mukhlis, a prominent Sunni politician. "We feel marginalized, victimized and completely alone...