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...recent weeks, Musharraf has restored some of the rights he snatched when he declared on Nov. 3 what amounted to martial law. He even let former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif return from exile; he pledged to hold elections soon. But democracy is about more than casting a vote. It's about building lasting institutions such as a free press, an effective legislature and, most important, an independent judiciary...
...country where per capita annual income remains below $2,000, OCT East's $20 entrance fee is an extravagance for many. Still, a local visitor, Zhang Zihua, says she'll return. "I want to bring my daughter," Zhang says. "I want her to work hard to travel to Europe when she's older." To lure the 10-year-old, Zhang is taking home an irresistible souvenir: a box of imported Swiss chocolates...
...compliant judiciary was ushered in. Independent television channels—local and international—were taken off the air 20 minutes before the emergency was actually declared, leaving state-run television as the only source of news for Pakistanis. While international news channels were allowed to return to the air within a week, some of the more critical local news channels like Geo continue to be banned...
...repealed. The recent amendment to the Army Act, which allows military courts to try civilians, must also be abolished. And most importantly, Musharraf must resign from the presidency. His recent actions have lost him all credibility in the eyes of the Pakistani public and the world at large; a return to normality is not possible until he leaves both politics and the army...
...That tough talking came upon Sarkozy's return to France from China - a trip that made him absent for the first 72 hours of violence in Villers-le-Bel that began when two local youths were killed during a traffic accident with a police car. After two nights of considerable disorder that left around 80 police injured (versus 200 for the entire three weeks of rioting in 2005), a massive deployment of riot officers helped bring near order to the area Tuesday evening. Limited skirmishes were in stark contrast to the pitched battles, arson and even gunshots that rioters inflicted...