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...office for the greater good of mankind. Benedict has sounded a tone of humility in his first hours as pontiff, a tone that accords well with a church accustomed to the example of John Paul II. If he succeeds in these tasks, he will not only be a worthy successor or a mere transition figure, but an excellent Pope in his own right...
...public affection. He traveled to all corners of the earth and appeared in front of millions. He also became the first pope to visit a synagogue or a mosque. His pontificate was lengthy enough that he appointed all but three of the Cardinals eligible to vote for his successor, ensuring that his impression would continue to be felt well after his death. In a final testament to his popularity, over five million people journeyed to the Vatican to bid him farewell, one of the largest gatherings of humanity in recent memory...
Nyerere's successor is Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 60, former President of Zanzibar, a semiautonomous island off the Tanzanian coast.[*] Mwinyi was nominated to succeed Nyerere last September by the national executive committee of Tanzania's sole political party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi, or Revolutionary Party. He will run unopposed in popular elections scheduled for this week. Meanwhile, in other parts of Africa, voters in the Ivory Coast (pop. 10 million) are expected this week to endorse 80-year-old Félix Houphouët-Boigny's uncontested bid for a sixth five-year term as President. In Liberia (pop. 2 million...
Nyerere's successor is regarded by Western diplomats in Dar es Salaam as a pragmatic politician who has helped maintain Zanzibar's tenuous link to the mainland at a time when Tanzania's pervasive economic problems have caused many Zanzibarians to question the value of that union. A Muslim, Mwinyi is expected to continue Nyerere's socialist economic policies, despite their mixed results. As for Nyerere, he will retain the important post of party chairman for at least the next two years. He plans to travel extensively throughout Tanzania in an effort to restore the peasants' somewhat diminished faith...
...been rumors of an impending leadership shuffle in Warsaw. But after the shake-up was announced last week, power remained exactly where it had begun: in the grip of General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The Polish leader stepped down as Premier and then went before parliament to name as his successor Deputy Prime Minister Zbigniew Messner. Earlier, Jaruzelski had himself elected head of the Council of State, Poland's collective presidency. He will continue in his all-powerful role as Communist Party chief...