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...army), her supporters worship her as practically royalty. But her critics see her as too ready to compromise principles. As for Musharraf, he was once regarded by both Pakistanis and those in other nations as a stern but progressive-minded leader; many in the West thought him a stalwart ally in the global war on terror. Today, he is under siege, increasingly viewed as a dictator who refuses to surrender power, and a leader without the popular support needed to fight the extremism that incubates in his land...
...into in its early passages, it rouses itself for a finale about which I should say little, except that it's likely to send the audience home happy and satisfied. I guess it's just the contrarian in me that wonders if real corporations are so awful, and the stalwart souls and whistle blowers who work for them so numerous, as they are in the Hollywood films that mean to expose the one and praise the other...
...reconciliation efforts fail, Maliki would have little choice but to find other Sunni partners, who would be essential in establishing any sense of government legitimacy in an already troubled Maliki administration, which is losing support even among some stalwart Shi'ite circles. Sittar and his followers, should they be interested, represent a distant, difficult possible alternative. If Sittar becomes part of the Maliki coalition, it would be seen as a positive step by the Americans because of his recent cooperation with the U.S. military in Anbar. That closeness, however, may be politically problematical for Maliki, who has been attempting...
...potential for trouble goes both ways. Indeed, the scale of U.S.-China trade dependence is worrying even some stalwart free traders. "In the globalized world of today, there is no risk if America, Europe and Japan stop producing T shirts or television sets," says Jean-Pierre Lehmann, professor of international political economy at IMD, the international business school in Lausanne, Switzerland. "My concern is that the U.S. in particular is far too overdependent on China, not just for goods but also for finance. So there is nothing wrong with the U.S. sourcing its consumables outside...
Since Sept. 11, the Bush Administration has hailed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a stalwart ally in the war on terrorism, providing as much as $10 billion in aid to his government. The U.S. believes Musharraf's autocratic rule is preferable to what might replace it: a nuclear-armed, fundamentalist regime sympathetic to Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. But there are growing doubts about how long Musharraf can hold on to power. Al-Qaeda's leadership has regrouped in Pakistan's tribal areas, while the country's middle class has taken to the streets to protest Musharraf's decision...