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...tomb of Haitian strongman Amiot Metayer, who was murdered in September, can be found in the middle of a seaside slum in the city of Gonaives. His bust sits prominently under a white awning, accompanied by a photo of Metayer's cadaver with his eyes poked out. His heart had also been removed. The grave is surrounded by offerings of candles, a bottle of orange soda, a picture of the Virgin Mary and a bottle of rum. These days in Gonaives, Metayer's mourners have been making another kind of tribute to his memory: hunting down officials of the government...
...again, despite my principles and my awareness that the army could well have supported proliferation in the past, I must admit that I have come to support Pakistan's current strongman, General Musharraf. I can see the changes that his leadership has brought to the country, the growing, grudging sense of optimism, the rising hopes for peace with India. Many of my friends who lived abroad have returned home, attracted by the fresh economic opportunities. Many of our younger siblings are joining rock bands and theater companies, encouraged by a liberalizing media sector, by our three 24-hour music channels...
...DIED. SALVADOR LAUREL, 75, former Philippine Vice President who helped topple Ferdinand Marcos by deciding not to run for the presidency in 1986, which would have split the opposition challenge to the strongman; in San Francisco. Instead, Laurel, who came from a prominent political clan, became Corazon Aquino's running mate. After Marcos tried to rig the elections and was forced into exile, Laurel served as Aquino's Vice President from...
...SERBIA The ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party, led by former paramilitary and indicted war criminal Vojislav Seselj, won 82 seats in parliamentary elections - more than any other political party. The vote - the first since Slobodan Milosevic's party was thrown out of power three years ago - also saw the ex-strongman's own Socialist Party of Serbia just meet the threshold to return to parliament. Seselj's party advocates returning Serbian troops to Kosovo, downgrading ties with the U.S. and Europe, and suing NATO for reparations for the U.S.-led bombing of Belgrade in 1999. The Radicals failed...
...Bush Administration chalked up a major foreign-policy victory when the President announced that Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi had agreed to dismantle his secret--and surprisingly advanced--unconventional-weapons program in exchange for improved relations with the West. Intelligence officials say they expect Libya's cooperation will help them further unravel the shadowy world of illicit-weapons supply lines--which is partly why they are disclosing little information on which countries have aided Libya's program. The deal provides "huge intelligence ... opportunities," said a senior U.S. intelligence official. "We'll be pursuing those opportunities...