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...North is saying, in effect, what gives? And the fact is, they have a point, as even some U.S. State Department officials concede privately. U.S. President George W. Bush publicly held out the prospect of terror delisting as part of an "action for action" principle, the clear implication being that when Pyongyang turned over its declaration, delisting would follow. It hasn't, so yesterday, the North told inspectors for the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to remove its seals from the regime's reactor at Yongbyon - which provided the nuclear fuel with which the North has built...
...getting taken off the list so important to the North? First, simply, it was a matter of face, of reducing its pariah-state image - a tangible symbol of being welcomed back into the global community. Second, removal held out at least the prospect, down the road, of some economic benefits. A spot on Washington's terror list scares off the world's multilateral lending institutions - including the IMF, World Bank and Asia Development Bank - from even considering aid programs given that the U.S. is their largest contributor...
...MacArthur Foundation hopes the Fellows will take their work to a “new level,” a prospect that Wilson said she finds intimidating...
...MacArthur Foundation hopes the Fellows will take their work to a “new level,” a prospect that Wilson said she finds intimidating...
...selfishly pursue individual accomplishment by continuing to run for president even as his country faced economic disaster, the civic-minded McCain has decided to suspend his campaign and call for a postponement of the first presidential debate, originally scheduled for this Friday. As McCain courageously proclaimed yesterday, with the prospect of financial collapse looming, “it’s time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.” Or at least, so he would have you believe. In fact, McCain’s proposed détente is little more than another tactical...