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...George W. Bush kill chances for peace when he condemned North Korea as evil? That's what everyone wanted to know from South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung last week as President Bush stopped in Seoul on his three-city tour of Asia. Kim stayed silent when asked a question along these lines at a press conference. American officials were puzzled by the non-answer, but a senior South Korean official was not. "Kim Dae-Jung and President Bush do not need glasses," the official told me. "They both see North Korea clearly, but president Kim leaves his tongue...
...were frustrated by only holding silent vigils,” said Nicole Binder, who helped organize the event. “We wanted to do something a little more creative and conspicuous.” The protest was planned by Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine and the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights...
...from the European Union and the Arab world. U.S. officials have been particularly interested in a proposal by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah to offer Israel full normalization of relations with the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders. Sharon has been conspicuously silent on actual peace plans, confining his diplomatic efforts to pressing Washington to add Yasser Arafat to its "axis of evil" column. And as the crisis escalates, that has left a growing number of Israelis doubting whether their prime minister has any long-term plan...
...know, when you have a stroke, it's so depressing. Especially an actor who can't talk. What do you do? Wait for silent pictures? It's so depressing. You have suicidal impulses. But eventually you realize that depression also comes from too much self-awareness, that you have to reach out and think of others and help other people. If you do that, really, it's almost selfish, because it makes you feel good. It relieves a certain amount of your own problem--not all, of course, but a certain amount...
...Conspicuously silent on the flooding, as she has been in all affairs since taking office, President Megawati Sukarnoputri could have filled a leadership void but instead tried to shift the blame on the press for being too critical of the administration's sluggish response. With the government preoccupied with stemming the rising tide of public complaints, social and religious groups have had to pick up the slack, delivering instant noodles, rice, medicine, blankets and clothing to thousands of the city's 12 million residents unable to return home. Belatedly, the Governor freed up $50 million in aid but few believe...