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...General, Annan has been at the center of many successful U.N. projects and has catalyzed fundamental changes in the scope of the organization’s peacekeeping operations. He promoted a changeover to civilian government in Nigeria in 1998, assembled an international response to the 1999 conflict in East Timor, established an ongoing mission on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border in 2000—largely restoring security after a war that killed tens of thousands—and worked to verify Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon that same year. Under Annan’s leadership, U.N. peacekeeping efforts have...
...hard to believe Indonesians could yearn for a return to the oppressive Suharto era. Wiranto, Indonesia's armed-forces commander during East Timor's successful fight to secede from the country, was indicted in February 2003 by a United Nations-backed court for crimes against humanity. He allegedly failed to prevent atrocities committed by his troops and pro-Indonesia militia against East Timorese civilians. (He has denied the charges and says he tried to stop the violence.) Yet amid the disgruntlement over Megawati's performance, Wiranto's Suharto ties no longer count against him. Wiranto and Yudhoyono, who is also...
...diplomat from Ghana has led the U.N. through contentious times as the world body oversees reconstruction in East Timor, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and searches for a role to play in Iraq...
...resurgent Indonesian military may be about to bring the boot down hard on Papua's separatists, just as it did earlier this year in Aceh province. First came the appointment of Timbul Silaen as Papua's new police chief-the same job he held in Dili during East Timor's 1999 bloody independence drive. Silaen is still wanted by Dili prosecutors for his alleged connections to militia that killed more than 1,000 independence supporters (he was acquitted of similar charges in Jakarta). Meanwhile, the most notorious of Dili's militia leaders, Eurico Guterres, is establishing a branch...
...undergrad, Kumar worked with sick children in East Timor. Last summer, she worked with Congolese refugees. Kumar said she has no idea how she became a Rhode Scholar...