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...implementing democracy in the Middle East? American troops have been stationed in Saudi Arabia since 1990, and I cannot understand why, over the past 15 years, the U.S. has not pressured the Saudis toward democracy. Twenty-six million Saudis are controlled by 7,000 members of a dictatorial royal family. That King Abdullah adopt democratic reforms seems secondary to the oil needs of the U.S. I suppose democracy in Saudi Arabia would not be in America's best interests. Krishnadas Mukundan Etobicoke, Canada Momentous Design Re your milestone on the death of Oleg Cassini [March 27]: When Jacqueline Kennedy selected...
...location for implementing democracy in the Middle East? American troops have been stationed in Saudi Arabia since 1990, and I cannot understand why, over the past 15 years, they have not pressured the Saudis toward democracy. Twenty-six million Saudis are controlled by 7,000 members of a dictatorial royal family. I suppose it is secondary to the oil needs of the U.S. that King Abdullah adopt democratic reforms...
Queen Elizabeth II turns 80 on April 21. In her 54 years on the throne, Her Majesty has presided over the emergence of a diverse and modern Britain, seen her family become tabloid fodder and declined all interview requests. Her third child, Prince Andrew, 46, a former Royal Navy pilot, sat with TIME's Catherine Mayer and J.F.O. McAllister at Buckingham Palace to discuss his mother's job, her love of horses and the time a footman pulled a chair out from under...
...keep it appealing to the public, her goal is "imperceptible change." It's not a goal, it's a way of life. This is a forward-looking organization. It's the nature of this business. For example, when the question arose whether I as a member of the royal family should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, though there was in other people's, and it only took her two days to sort the issue...
...referee, other players and his coach eventually persuaded him to stay, Eto'o knew what he was doing. "This is a struggle beyond the football field," he said at a press conference a few days later. "I made my decision because fans attacked me for my color." When the Royal Spanish Football Federation (rfef) fined Zaragoza just €9,000 - though that was the largest amount ever imposed in Spain for such an incident - fifa, too, decided it could tolerate no more. At a meeting in Zurich this month, football's governing body ruled that national associations must punish clubs...