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...push back. The Republican and Democratic National Committees say they will cut by half the number of delegates to the national convention of any state that votes before Feb. 5. Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean has gone further, threatening to bar all delegates of candidates who campaign in rule-breaking states. Few believe the threats. Once chosen, the candidates control the conventions, and none will want to offend key swing states like Florida and New Hampshire. So no one can say where the rush to be first will stop. Some reform ideas are on the table, including rotating first...
Alex Perry's excellent article "Land of Chains and Hunger" highlighted the tragedy of Zimbabwe under the rule of President Robert Mugabe [April 23]. Another loser is South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and his ineffective policy of "quiet diplomacy" (what South Africans call "silent diplomacy"). Mbeki's supposedly close ties with Mugabe have not helped him develop a plan to rescue Zimbabwe from its dire situation. It is only a matter of time before the African leaders who so often criticize Western governments start calling on them to aid Zimbabwe...
...only one who thinks as much. Besides the Board of Directors, a number of other people are outspoken against this terrible practice. In fact, it was the Ivy League that served as the catalyst behind the new rule...
...text like crazy, and we’re good at it,” Murphy says. “If you’re going to have a rule, you’ve got to be good at it, so we’ve done a good...
...Arab governments have welcomed the Sharm el-Sheikh conference as an opportunity to have their voices heard on the Iraq crisis. But apart from forgiving some loans dating from Saddam Hussein's rule, they have been reluctant to take further steps, such as giving strong political backing to al-Maliki's government, using their influence with Iraqi Sunni leaders to halt the insurgency and, in the case of Syria, to stem the flow of insurgents from Syria into Iraq...