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...heartening to be reminded that though [Kwame] Nkrumah fell short of realizing his dreams, Ghana is still a leader on the continent. Remember that Africa cherishes Nkrumah's overarching dreams, despite his errors. Africa is now on more solid ground, not only because Africans have been dreaming but also because we have been conscientiously and systematically working. You'd better believe it. Tordue Salem, ABUJA, NIGERIA...
...Robert Alvarez, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies who served in the Energy Department under President Bill Clinton, points out that none of the Presidential candidates have a solid resume on the issue of nuclear power. As a mayor, Giuliani had no jurisdiction over New York State's nuclear facilities, and Clinton has gained a seat on the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee only since the Democrats took control of Congress after last November's elections...
...tricky, and it was a breeze direction that I’ve never seen before,” Kovacs said. “We had some issues starting the races, and we were playing catch-up in most of the races, so we would have liked to be more solid. We were a little disappointed.” Kovacs and junior crew Elyse Dolbec turned in the best performance of the weekend, coming in second in B-division with a total of 50 points. Yale won the division with just 32 points. In A-division, senior skipper Clay Johnson...
...power. The leftist Socialist Party held sway for 40 years. That rule was broken in 2000 by Wade's liberal Senegalese Democratic Party (pds). Although back in power, it's by no means clear that the pds should look forward to repeating its predecessor's four-decade stint. Despite solid economic growth - 5% on average - during Wade's first term, most people interviewed in the streets say they have yet to feel the trickle-down benefits. Unemployment among young men remains stubbornly high at over 50%, with many complaining that Wade's signature big infrastructure projects - his so-called grands...
...parties that resent his ties to Washington. There is a widespread view in Pakistan that Vice President Dick Cheney, during his trip to Pakistan two weeks ago, reprimanded Musharraf for failing to rein in the militants. But officials on both sides say the partnership between Bush and Musharraf remains solid. "Is it doing more? Well, yeah, it's doing more. We all gotta do more, do better, do different. It's a war," says a senior Western diplomat in Pakistan. "But for folks to sit there in Washington or London or wherever and say, 'Damn it! We're tired...