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...incursions hurt that fight, Pakistani officials say. Opinion polls routinely show that an overwhelming majority of ordinary Pakistanis oppose U.S. actions inside their country. The government has to respond to public sentiment, leading to harsh, uncompromising language from political and military leaders. General Ashfaq Kayani, Musharraf's successor as military chief, has publicly railed against U.S. operations on Pakistani soil, saying they help the cause of the militancy; he has promised to protect the borders from such incursions. After the September 25 incursion, chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told TIME that Pakistani troops would hereafter shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The US vs. Pakistan: With Friends Like These | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...What are your views on his successor, Gordon Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cherie Blair | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...Bloom added that his successor, former Mexican health minister Julio Frenk, who will take over the deanship in January, will have to increase the school’s fundraising efforts in the coming years to expand its financial aid program...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Citibank Cuts Loan Program For Harvard Grad Students | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...Became health minister in September, when Kgalema Motlanthe took over from Mbeki. Motlanthe demoted former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to a lower governmental position and named Hogan as her successor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa's AIDS Truthsayer | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...Cambodian Premier Hun Sen vowed to protect national interests by ensuring that the entire Preah Vihar area remained under Cambodian control. Meanwhile, in Thailand, opposition figures accused former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of destroying national sovereignty by not immediately protesting UNESCO's decision. Samak resigned last month, and his successor, who hails from the same political party, will surely be accused of similar weakness if Thailand's troops don't match Cambodian numbers. On Wednesday, Thailand's military T.V. network showed Thai tanks rumbling toward the border region, and one officer has said the country is prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thai-Cambodian Border Spat Heats Up | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

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