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...early days, the ardent Liberal-National coalition that replaced 13 years of reformist Labor rule was raw and clumsy. Promises were broken or brazenly reclassified. The ministerial departure lounge attracted frequent flee-ers. But its fat parliamentary majority meant the Howard government did not lack the appetite for transformation or a fight. Inheriting a fiscal mess, the new government's fixers appeared to relish the task of taking money away from universities, welfare recipients and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Taxpayers' assets were passed on for sale to merchant bankers, government debt was shredded, and a shareholder democracy was born. When...
...Larijani: The same things that Americans are saying: for example, telling Israel to launch a military attack on some of our positions. There's a general rule that he who shoots first, dies in the second phase. If they take action, the response will not be a very pleasant one for them. We shall definitely defend. Don't doubt that for a second. We shall not stand idly by and watch Israelis attack our installations...
When ordinary Filipinos took to the streets in 1986 to overthrow dictator Ferdinand Marcos, they transformed their nation into perhaps the freest in Asia. But last weekend, on the 20th anniversary of the People Power revolution, Filipinos found themselves once again living under the chill of emergency rule. Capping a tense week of coup rumors, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proclaimed a state of national emergency on Friday morning, announcing in a taped message on television that she had crushed an attempt by prominent military officers to overthrow her government. Arroyo appealed for calm, even as security forces were...
...Friday afternoon. One group of 5,000 was led by former President Aquino, who called on Arroyo to "make the supreme sacrifice" and resign. That's unlikely?Arroyo has told Time in the past that "nothing" would make her resign. But a real risk exists that in declaring emergency rule on the eve of the People Power anniversary, the President may have overplayed her hand and given her fractured opposition a unifying cause. "It could result in more political hemorrhage and security risk," says Representative Rolio Golez, formerly Arroyo's national-security adviser. Former President Fidel Ramos, whose support helped...
...Critics argue that Hamas' victory is a sign of surging hard-line extremism in the entire Muslim world. But Hamas did not win because the people wanted militants to rule their country. The Palestinians voted against the corruption and inefficiency of the previous Fatah regime. But now Hamas has to grow up and deliver on its promises. It is no longer the opposition. It will have to take full responsibility for any failures in the future. Hamas has to start by improving and strengthening the democratic institutions in its area. It can win the support of the world by accepting...