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...African Union, was launched with a whole new set of rules for managing the progress and viability of the continent. While the OAU was formed to fight colonialism, apartheid and foreign interference, the A.U. will concentrate on human rights, democracy, good governance and development. But will the new organization suffer the same fate as its predecessor? The OAU sought merely to manage Africa's conflicts and crises. Instead, they have to be resolved - "and I do mean resolved," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told heads of state and other representatives of the OAU's 53 members gathered for the changeover...
...It’s a reflection of the guys in the crew in that [the substitution] didn’t reflect in their performance,” Manning said. “It provides an easy excuse not to suffer. But they fought rather than thought about...
...threat of terrorism makes everyone nervous, but some anxious readers misread our cover headline "Will His Plan Make Us Safer?", on the President's proposal. "I scanned the cover too quickly and erroneously thought it said, "Will His Plan Make Us Suffer?", stated a man from Spokane, Wash. "And after reading the article, I'm not so sure that wasn't the proper question to ask." A Las Vegas woman had a similar experience: "When I got my issue from the mailbox, the headline was partly covered by other mail, and I thought the word safer was suffer. I think...
...chronology can confuse the reader, but man's sense of displacement is one of Kopperud's central themes. A Buddhist monk spells it out for the journalist: "Everything and everyone that comes together must sooner or later be parted, and until you are able to accept that, you will suffer." He suffers...
...square kilometers of coastline and 17,000 islands to patrol, the Department of Fisheries faces a herculean task, and it doesn't cost much to avert the eyes of a prying inspector. Marine biologists estimate that well in excess of half of the nation's coral reefs suffer some damage from dynamiting. Environmental education programs are having some effect, but international demand and a willingness to pay top dollar for reef delicacies like the napoleon wrasse make it difficult for conservationists to get their message across. Over the past 10 years the situation has worsened. The coral reefs of Indonesia...