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...principles for a broad-based coalition against terrorism. Building and maintaining that coalition clearly involves certain policy changes for the U.S. Moves are currently underway in Congress to lift many of the sanctions that had been imposed on Pakistan in response to its nuclear testing, the objective being to shore up the military government of General Pervez Musharraf in the face of a domestic backlash against his support for Washington's drive to get Bin Laden. Also, the Bush administration has plainly assumed a more activist role in knocking together Israeli and Palestinian heads to achieve a cease-fire, fearing...
...aftermath of catastrophe, no empathetic human being can offer a whole or holistic response. We can only, in T.S. Eliot’s evocative phrase, shore fragments against ruins, and hope they will last until time and human resilience enable rebuilding...
...home to plenty of tiny beaches and endless caves, like the recently discovered Tam Cung: three cathedral chambers housing great stalagmites bunched together like organ-pipes. Sheltered by the islands are fishermen's huts, pearl farms and even a primary school, all balanced on gently rocking rafts. From the shore these are overlooked by the more lavish weekend homes of the pearl-farm owners and Hanoi's growing middle class. But even the seaborne settlements of lashed sampans seem to have all they needed, from yapping guard-dogs to televisions. These are people at home...
...North Korea's recent offer to restart stalled talks might mean one more chance to end half a century of hostility on the peninsula?and give Kim an opportunity to salvage his presidency. But he'll have to shore up his home base first. Even in Mok'po, the port city in Cholla where he got his political start, he is no longer a hero. Just ask Ko Seong Ju. More than 50 years ago, Ko worked the printing press for a local newspaper that Kim was running. Kim once gave him a ride along the beach in a jeep...
...want to leave, but many fear arrest in East Timor. Disinformation flourishes. According to church workers in camps around Betun, refugees are spreading rumors that Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has met with militia leaders to discuss reintegrating East Timor. Former militia commander Joanico Cezario admits refugees are used to shore up a "bargaining position." In early April the flow of returning refugees stalled after automatic-weapons fire hit border posts manned by Fijian and Australian peacekeepers, and grenade attacks were reported in three East Timorese villages. "Militias still have the power and the influence," says Father Edi Mulyono...