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...attempt to intimidate publications that criticized his policies. (In 1999, the International Press Institute in Vienna even sent the future Nobel Laureate a letter begging him to desist from his campaign against South Korea's free press.) Then there was the acclaimed Kim Dae Jung-Kim Jong Il summit in Pyongyang in June 2000?the supposedly historic "peace breakthrough" that later turned out to have been purchased furtively and illegally, with a price tag of at least $100 million, through the transfer of South Korean taxpayer money to the Dear Leader's bank accounts...
...Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash's announcement that he will not participate. Denktash, who is opposed to the U.N. plan on which the discussions are based, said he did not believe that agreement could be reached on basic issues. Pro-unification Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat will attend the summit in Denktash's place. Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis and Turkey 's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will join the talks at a later stage. Tests Negative RWANDA The U.N. said initial tests on a flight recorder it had locked away in a filing cabinet for 10 years suggested...
...strategy that Bush’s critics (with whom I am proud to associate) have been calling on the president to adopt all along. State Department officials have been discussing the plan with ministers from Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Bahrain and the plan will be presented at the G8 summit in June for discussion with Canada, Britain, Russia, Japan—even France and Germany! The administration must be held accountable to ensure that consultation is genuine, but so far the prospects for multilateralism look good. And it should warm peace-loving hearts to see the administration promoting democracy...
...explosion that helped put fans back in the seats after the bitter 1994 strike but worried that fans will cry foul over steroid use--have assumed their familiar duck-and-cover stance. And Bush, a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, is reportedly trying to organize a steroids summit. Tony Serra, Anderson's lawyer, argues Bonds is a "trophy martyr." Says Serra: "It's part of the Bush-Ashcroft platform. Knock off the celebrities, get total obedience to a federal mandate at the cost of the reputation of people." A pall has been draped over the Grapefruit League...
...vulnerable they are than the U.S. to terror attacks on their own soil for reasons of geography (the proximity of the Arab world), demography (large Arab immigrant populations) and the EU integration that has eliminated border crossings in much of the continent. At the urging of Germany, a special summit of EU foreign ministers meets later this week to coordinate responses and tighten security measures...