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Outside of Japan, Thailand has had perhaps the most disappointing succession of Prime Ministers of any major Asian nation. Since 1991 there have been eight other Prime Ministers, all of whom, at their best, conveyed an image of dull impropriety. (Quick, who was Prime Minister before Thaksin's predecessor Chuan...
The immediate concern in China policy over the next 18 months will be the succession of President Jiang Zemin. His imminent retirement has set off a fierce power struggle between reformists and hard-liners to succeed him at the helm of a communist party - whose binding ideology today is nationalism...
As AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin said in announcing the move, "In his 23 years with Time Inc., Walter has distinguished himself as one of America's--and the world's--most perceptive, dedicated and respected journalists. His many achievements as a writer, correspondent and editor at TIME...
The trouble is, nobody knows who will rule China in 2008. By then the Communist Party will have undergone a tricky succession; its previous two changes came amid purges and massive unrest. Olympic scrutiny intensified upheaval in Mexico in 1968 and South Korea in 1988. Awarding China the rings now...
If Cheney's heart rate slows to fewer than 40 or 50 beats per minute, for example, the Gem III DR's pacemaker function will speed it up with a series of short bursts of about 5 volts each. If his heart starts pumping too fast, the defibrillator portion will...