Word: reals
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...While I have my reservations, I think they both will steer the ship of Washington well. Clinton's role on the global stage is to balance power. As internationalist Democrats, both Obama and Clinton ought to engage with the G-20 nations, building bridges abroad while promoting democracy for real. As far as domestic matters are concerned, the U.S. must spend less and save more if it is to remain a power beyond the Obama-Clinton era. P.J. John Singapore...
...Iraqi people are impatient for economic relief, and since more than 90% of Iraq's budget comes from oil revenues, nothing seems to offer more hope than the arrival of Big Oil. "We still have a long way to go to build the country," says Ahmeh Jasim, 56, a real estate agent in Baghdad. "Without these companies it is very hard to have a proper oil sector." For most Iraqis, the drilling cannot begin soon enough...
...crime, a yawning inequality which juxtaposes black millionaires with millions scraping by on less than $2 a day and the world's largest HIV/AIDS population continue to drag on the country. But whereas Mbeki stoked a national mood of frustration by denying such crises existed, Zuma concedes they are real and even accepts blame. "These challenges are based in reality," the 67-year-old told TIME in a rare interview. "And it's only when you admit there have been deficiencies and weaknesses that you make sense to the people, who can see them for themselves. After 15 years...
Zuma, in fact, seems most comfortable at his most African, drawing political lessons from folksy tales of his upbringing and, at rallies, dancing in leopard skins and singing the doggedly politically incorrect Zulu anthem "Bring Me My Machine Gun." As Gordin says, he is "South Africa's first real African President." "I am a Zulu," says Zuma, in an echo of his predecessor's famous "I am an African" speech. "I should not be trying to be an American or more British. I must be a Zulu." (See Jacob Zuma's profile in the 2008 TIME...
These new objectives take into consideration the realities of Afghan tribal society. Obama has wisely accepted the Taliban as a faction of that society and is choosing instead to focus on the real threat to American security, radical al-Qaeda...