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...trial, Mughogho testified in his own defense, admitting that he had blown his horn loudly and describing his “issues with the current Malawi government,” including its control of public broadcasts, its failure to reform education and health care and its sale of much-needed food stores to pay off debts...
Palestinian financial reformers have an advantage that political progressives lack: a population that is sick of corruption and can't blame it on outsiders. Palestinians often assign their lack of progress toward an independent state to Israeli and American obstinacy, but malfeasance is an all-Palestinian issue, one on which there is a broad popular demand for change. That has given Fayyad, a former official of the International Monetary Fund with a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Texas, the confidence to order the scrubbing of the Authority's books. Says Karim Nashashibi, the IMF's representative...
Money will matter more than ever in 2004. The McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act means that soft money is out and donors are limited to $25,000 gifts to the party, well below the typical $100,000 from high rollers in the '90s. Despite his implausible spinning following the election, McAuliffe looks destined to stay on as D.N.C. head because no one else in the party can approach his skill at opening up checkbooks. To raise $100 million in hard money, McAuliffe says he will borrow a Bush campaign tactic and ask fat cats to collect...
...stand in solidarity with these brave students. Speaking out so bluntly takes great courage—Iran has a long history of persecuting those who oppose the current regime. In 1999, after a week of similar protests over the closing of a pro-reform newspaper, hard-line vigilantes attacked university dormitories and killed one student. Many of the student leaders were suppressed and jailed. This time, Ayatollah Khamenei again issued official warnings and threatened to use force. Fortunately, this did not deter the students...
...reform to be truly effective it must come from within the country and have the support of the Iranian people. Only a true constitutional democracy can ensure long-term regional stability. Bush must understand that what is good for the United States is not necessarily what is best for the Iranian people...