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...States in June 1998 and eventually enrolled at Harvard Divinity School. In a letter to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Johansen wrote, “[Munir] was a very active member of our class who never missed a session, always engaged in the class discussions, and took a clear reformist position in his detailed papers.” Early last week, Johansen received an e-mail from Kristine C. Mehok, a pro bono lawyer at Nationalities Service Center, inquiring whether Munir would be able to conduct distance learning from Indonesia in order to finish his degree since...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's triumphant march to the Elysée was paved with a promise to ignore formality. To his credit, that style has helped deliver some reformist victories at home. But that undiplomatic swagger can also get Sarkozy into trouble - especially when he talks trash about foreign leaders...
...Tehran A Reformer Withdraws Former President Mohammed Khatami dropped out of Iran's presidential race on March 17 to avoid splitting the pro-reform vote in upcoming elections. Khatami, the West's favored candidate, has thrown his support behind fellow reformist Mir-Hossein Moussavi, uniting the opposition against incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the current front runner...
...Perhaps, but some commentators say neither Sarkozy nor conservatives planning a presidential run in 2012 have much option other than to weather the storm of protest and stay the reformist course they were elected...
...turmoil over Khatami and Moussavi reflects the reformists' challenge of finding a single candidate capable of winning support not only from traditional reformist voters, but also from less engaged, moderately conservative voters - and, at the same time, ensure that such a candidate offers enough promise of change to prevent the young voters Khatami attracts from staying away from the polls. It's a real dilemma, and one that Ahmadinejad's backers are clearly enjoying...