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...know-who), and their candidacy must be approved by the current parliament. Mubarak's proposed change makes his presidential election system less like Saddam's and more like Iran's, where multiple candidates can stand, provided they're approved by a Council of Guardians appointed by the clerical supremo...
...fits well into that turbulent mixture, having recently emerged a winner in a nasty internecine battle in which opponents accused him of buying influence and burying big losses related to a botched marketing deal. (Swiss authorities found no wrongdoing.) He then beat back an election challenge from African soccer supremo Issa Hayatou. "Just after the elections, I felt bitter," said Blatter, "but we have to look forward and be optimistic. They lost the power game...
...government balks at the rebels' demand for control over the police and security forces of the country's north and east. But Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he wants to keep the peace talks going, and though decisions in the LTTE are ultimately made by its enigmatic supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE's operatives on the ground insist they too want no more bloodshed. "We're talking about peace, we're not talking about war," says Thaya Master, an LTTE spokesman...
...leaders throughout the peace process. The president emphasized 242 in his Mideast policy speech last summer. But the Bush administration is spit on whether to continue to support it. Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld, a number of key Defense Department appointees and White House Mideast policy supremo Elliot Abrams are noted critics of the Oslo peace process and the idea of Israel giving up the West Bank and Gaza. Rumsfeld even challenges their designation as "occupied territories." Another camp in the administration, led by secretary of State Colin Powell, has consistently pushed for a political solution based...
...deep is the Tigers' desire for peace. Sept. 11 was a turning point: the U.S. had already declared the LTTE a terrorist organization, and the group has clearly decided that pursuing a deal is better than becoming a target like al-Qaeda. Some in Colombo speculate that Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran may be losing the fighting spirit, or that he's worried about the future of his teenage son. In the past, the LTTE has used truces to rearm and train, which is disturbing. And yet none of the previous cease-fires has lasted more than a few weeks...