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...ethnic affairs.” But Bolivia’s race problem is not something that can be so reduced and cordoned off. It must be addressed head-on. Policy concessions about the International Monetary Fund or exports to the United States will only serve to temporarily quell the fires that light La Paz and El Alto tonight. Until there is an open and public dialogue between indigenous Bolivians and those of European heritage, until Bolivian Indians have an investment in their own governing, those fires will only smolder until the next uprising. And Bolivia will burn again...
...North Korea is one of the "Axis of Evil" spokes. Iran is another and Iraq is a third. The "stick solution" has been applied to Iraq. It stirred the fears of North Korea. Now diplomacy, facilitated by other countries in the region, must quell those fears. Our European allies and the IAEA are diplomatically working on Iran. Non-aggression, diplomacy and aid can be effective with North Korea but our allies in the region must be strong,willing participants. J. Nolan Chicago...
Lecturer on the Modern West Brian C.W. Palmer agrees that dialogue would be the best way to quell any potential anti-Jewish “reprisals...
...mishaps did little to quell the private talk in Washington that Clark is a little bit, well, odd. Some saw a touch of Ross Perot in the man who implied in June that the Bush White House had pressured him to link 9/11 to Saddam Hussein, and then backtracked by saying the call had actually come from a Canadian think tank with access to "inside intelligence information." He also claimed the Administration had tried to get him fired from CNN. Clark insisted to TIME that he had never said that was anything more than a rumor...
...using a megaphone, Dan instructed any civilians inside to come out. About 10 women and children emerged from the building. Almost immediately, Kalashnikov fire erupted from several surrounding buildings, including the roof of a nearby school. The troops called for backup vehicles and returned fire but failed to quell the shooting. One soldier was hit in the back; the bullet went through his ceramic vest, ripping his shirt but failing to pierce the skin. The unit's bloodhound wasn't so lucky: it had to be evacuated after taking a bullet...