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...members announced Tuesday that they have decided to create a subcommittee on constitutional changes and to hold a third presidential election—and second election for all other positions—to quell the controversy surrounding the original round of presidential elections...
...watershed; local people have turned against the U.S. and the ICDC. Morale has been shattered, and many Shi'ites, including members of the ICDC, have become hostile to the U.S. presence. Like most Iraqis, Raied believes the U.S. must give more responsibility to local forces if it hopes to quell the insurgency. But he concedes that his men are nowhere close to ready. "We started from zero. By early April we had got up to 75% of ideal efficiency," he says. "Now we are back to about 25%. If we continue like this I recommend we disband the ICDC, because...
...behind some of the army's bloodiest massacres of civilians. These included the killings of hundreds of students protesting the 1962 coup and of an estimated 3,000 people in street demonstrations in 1988, during which Sein Lwin replaced strongman Ne Win as President. But he was unable to quell the political agitation and stepped down after only 18 days in office...
...said last week, "is, Don't go into one of these things and say, maybe we'll be done in a month because it's a humanitarian crisis." His reluctance mirrors the public's: a TIME/CNN poll last week showed that only 34% of respondents favored doing something to quell the violence, while 51% opposed any action...
...president of the Harvard Management Company left open yesterday the possibility of moving to external administration of the University’s multibillion-dollar endowment in order to quell growing criticism of fund-manager compensation rates...