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...mandate. And because the European Union has signaled that it would be willing to help fund reconstruction, but only through a recognized international agency. The U.S. is already sounding out the possibility of a UN resolution mandating a U.S.-led international force in Iraq, but the quid-pro-quo in such a transaction would likely be a far greater and more formalized role for the UN in managing Iraq's political transition...
...oxygen molecule. In one bubble are legislators from parties that are openly pro-Beijing or pro-business. They usually join forces with Legco members who aren't directly elected by the people but instead represent industry groups, such as bankers or landowners. That combine is pro-status quo, pro-Tung and pro-Beijing. In the other bubble are the so-called democrats, populist politicians who aren't necessarily anti-China but desire things that Beijing deplores, such as more democracy in Hong Kong and even on the mainland. Given the arcane way Legco votes are tallied, the democrats are dwarfed...
...Chinese-fire-drill events of two weeks back, it seemed that Beijing, or some leadership faction there, might have been supporting the democracy movement in Hong Kong and undercutting Tung. As days went by, those signals proved wrong, and Beijing has come out sternly in favor of the status quo. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was sure that most people in Hong Kong "will support the government." A harsher editorial in the Hong Kong edition of the state-run China Daily said people opposed to the Article 23 legislation were responsible for "a treacherous act against their motherland...
...public mood has altered so sharply in just the past few weeks that even those who want to maintain the status quo have had to adjust their positions. Consider the change in fortune for the ill-named Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the biggest pro-China political party in Hong Kong. People voted for them in the 1995 Legco elections because the handover was about to happen?ever-practical Hong Kongers didn't want to elect a combative legislature that was sure to invite a crackdown from Beijing. But these days, the people are watching what...
...latest Israeli-Palestinian truce efforts, but Monday's spectacle of Israeli tanks rolling out of Gaza and uniformed Palestinian Authority security personnel taking charge in their wake could nonetheless prove to be deeply significant. It marks a first move toward a return to the pre-September 2000 status quo after almost three years of trying by successive U.S. administrations and Arab and European diplomats. The current truce is based on agreements between Israel, the U.S., the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian militant organizations actually waging the armed intifada that began in September 2000. That's an important step, because...