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...outcaste the language of Hindu scriptures. Ambedkar compensated by becoming one of the most highly educated Indians of his time. After the British left in 1947, Ambedkar helped draft the newly independent nation's constitution and piloted legislation banning untouchability. He grew disillusioned with the slow pace of Hindu reform, however, resigned from the government and, shortly before his death in 1956, converted to Buddhism along with thousands of his followers...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Army Mutiny Rebel soldiers in Papua New Guinea ended a week-long mutiny over army reform. Thousands of soldiers and students held demonstrations in the capital, Port Moresby, after Prime Minister Mekere Morautu initially refused to meet with the rebels. They were protesting plans to halve the size of the army as part of economic reforms backed by the imf and the World Bank. After a meeting between their leaders and Morautu, the soldiers agreed to hand back weapons they had seized but demanded that the government expel Australian and other foreign advisers and recall parliament...
...Brussels. But members of the European Parliament Nick Clegg, 34, Michiel van Hulten, 32, and Lousewies van der Laan, 35, are not your average thirty-somethings. For a start, they are passionate about European politics - and that means they're passionate about the European Union. Mention institutional reform and they bristle with excitement; ask of their ambitions and they gush about shaking up the E.U. "If you're young and want to change things, you should follow the power - and power is shifting toward Brussels," says Dutch Liberal Van der Laan...
...expected this week and the bill clears the Senate, both sides know the game is far from over. Tom DeLay, the Republican majority whip in the House, vowed last week that he will "try anything I can" to defeat the bill, and no one doubts it is possible. Though reform bills have passed the House twice before, McCain-Feingold has changed so dramatically that it has united DeLay and top Democrats in opposition. Sources told TIME that Democratic leader Richard Gephardt complained about the increased hard-money limits directly to Daschle. He was especially angered by plans...
...House changes the bill, there will be a House-Senate conference to work out the differences - or provide for a suitable burial. The Republican leadership can stack the conference with reform foes, who could help kill the bill behind closed doors and save Bush from a tough veto decision. Bush will need all the political capital he has to move his budget and tax proposals through Congress; reform opponents knew last week that they could not count on his veto to save them...