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...This has been a surprise. When Okada became party president less than three months ago, the DPJ was in turmoil. Its two most senior members, Naoto Kan and Ichiro Ozawa, had succumbed to a far-reaching pension scandal that forced them to resign their leadership posts. With only weeks to go before the election, the nation's largest opposition party seemed rudderless and lacking a message. Political pundits predicted a thumping defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's near-hegemonic Liberal Demo-cratic Party (LDP), which has had a nearly uninterrupted hold on power for almost...
...keen to alienate Japan, a key ally in the war on Iraq, but it also can't afford to appear soft on deserters. Jenkins' ill health may help: he reportedly suffers from abdominal surgery complications and is expected to head straight to a Japanese hospital. Reeling from the scandal over its abuse of prisoners in Iraq, the U.S. is unlikely to risk a public relations debacle by hunting down a sick man. So, Jenkins might be safe after all?so long as he doesn't leave his hospital...
...history books as the man who not only stood up for the cause and defense of freedom around the world but also paved the way for the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the breakup of the U.S.S.R. Notwithstanding the controversies and intrigues, like the Iran-contra scandal, that plagued him by the end of his term, the Great Communicator will always be remembered as a true American patriot who defended his beliefs and, through the strength of his convictions plus sheer determination, reasserted the U.S.'s position as the global economic and military superpower that...
...This is an administration led by cowboys who come out with guns drawn. They shoot first and ask questions later. The memos by government lawyers about torture lead up, not down. But the ones who will pay the price for the scandal will be the soldiers in the field. This is a President who pushes religion to the hilt, but where is the compassion? Adolfo Cruz St. Pardoux la Rivière, France...
...Bradlee, the vice president at large of the Washington Post, is one of only four living people who know the identity of “Deep Throat,” the secret informant who unravelled the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. This fall, as Bradlee and nine others join Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) as fellows, Harvard students will get the chance to pry him to reveal the best-kept secret in journalism...