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...press conference with South African president Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday, American reporters asked about whether committing troops to Liberia would stretch U.S. forces to their limit given the protracted engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. "My answer to people is that we won't overextend our troops, period," responded Bush quickly...
Perhaps, but Mandela may have anticipated the snub. Asked at the press conference last Friday if he would discuss the Iraq war with President Bush, he replied, "I know he's coming to see [President Thabo Mbeki], but I cannot be sure if he's going to want to meet me. So I won't be able to tell him anything." And Mandela seems ready to initiate detente: "I have said what I wanted to say," he added, "and I don't have to repeat it." --By Tony Karon and James Carney
...will each lead a multinational division overseeing one zone. The U.S. will keep reduced forces centered near Baghdad. The Bush Administration would like to avoid the stigma of American occupation and share the security of the country after weeks of violence and looting. Neighborly Advice zimbabwe South African President Thabo Mbeki confirmed that he will travel to Harare this week, accompanied by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Malawian leader Bakili Muluzi, for talks with President Robert Mugabe on the country's economic and political crisis. But Mbeki's spokesman denied reports that the group would pressure Mugabe to step down...
...chance to come a bit cleaner on the legacy of apartheid. The final phase of the government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up seven years ago to report on human-rights abuses during the apartheid era, didn't satisfy all those claiming compensation for their suffering. President Thabo Mbeki made it clear that there would be no blanket amnesty for apartheid crimes, but he announced a one-time cash payment, amounting to less than $4,000, for each of some 22,000 victims identified by the trc. The commission had recommended a payout almost four times as high...
...Rugby World Cup, and was beaten controversially by Germany for rights to the 2006 soccer World Cup. The South Africans are hungry to host the soccer spectacular in 2010. "Sport in South Africa has proved to be a unifying and empowering force," said South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki at the weekend opening ceremony in Cape Town, in which some 4,500 volunteer performers staged a stirring African-themed spectacular. South Africa also has visions of a stirring upset before the home crowds over heavily favored Australia. Most of the upset so far, though, centers on the eight opening-round...