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BARCELONA—Before leaving for Spain, I brushed up on my Spanish by reviewing the nuances of idiomatic expressions and practicing my accent, hoping for a shot at being mistaken for a local, or at least, a Spanish speaker. My preparation however, fell far short of my goal. To...
African Union negotiators had set a deadline of last Sunday night for the combatants to come to an agreement. Since then, however, mediators - including American and British negotiators flown in to try to break the deadlock - have extended the talks twice. The latest deadline is midnight on Thursday. Sudan's...
Who's Provoking Whom? I question the premise of your report on Taiwan's politics, "Combat Fatigue" [April 3]. It is unfair to say that President Chen Shui-bian is taking an overly provocative stance toward China and that the U.S. has been irritated by Chen's compulsion to upset...
Harvard students can sleep a little easier this week—not one of their roughly 12,000 faculty members made the cut for conservative author David Horowitz’s compilation of the “101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.” The listing, which profiles...
Even for those accustomed to northern climates, an election in the dark of Canadian winter can try the soul. On Jan. 23 Canadians will vote for a new Parliament, and in this normally unflappable nation there's a restless and angry mood that bodes ill for the governing Liberal Party...