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...constitution favoring ethnic Fijians. (He later apologized to Indo-Fijians for doing so.) Six years later he became President, but in 2000, during a botched coup whose leaders accused him of selling the country out to Indo-Fijians, he stood down under pressure from the military. The turmoil of recent Fijian politics only served to underscore Mara's achievement. Imperious he may have been - visitors were enjoined to approach him on their knees - but he gave Fiji the basis of a stable democracy and laid the foundations of its current prosperity. And he never stopped reminding Fijians that racism...
...wrote that the President decided "unilaterally to add another year to her term." This was not a unilateral decision?the constitution of Sri Lanka says that the President's term shall be six years. You wrote that "the imf delayed an $80 million aid tranche after the recent turmoil." The imf stalled payment of this tranche because of mismanagement of the economy. You quoted the Prime Minister as saying that "the President has said before that politics and power in Sri Lanka is a Bandaranaike family preserve." The President is emphatic she never said this. You wrote that "Sinhalese Buddhist...
...officials say the Administration's acquiescence to Brahimi's plan was not a response to the recent turmoil. Administration sources say the U.S. decided earlier this year to throw in its lot with the U.N. when it came to deciding what would happen post--June 30. Working with the Governing Council, Brahimi in February helped broker the transitional administrative law, which established guidelines under which an interim Iraqi government would assume power. Although the U.S. had initially wanted to turn sovereignty over to an expanded Governing Council, Brahimi--backed by Robert Blackwill, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's deputy...
...hostages, including her brother Maurizio. Three days before, word of a different videotape, which al-Jazeera declined to air, had galvanized Italy. It showed a fourth captive, Fabrizio Quattrocchi, calmly saying, "I'll show you how an Italian dies," before taking a bullet in the neck. Iraq 's continuing turmoil has been boosting antiwar feeling in Italy, but last week, public solidarity with Agliana and the other captives was intense. The government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tried to extricate the hostages through secret talks, and denied reports it was paying a ransom. But when Berlusconi crowed that, with...
...deepen the divisions within Taiwanese society. If Chen staged the assassination attempt, he won a close race but lost his credibility with voters. I no longer trust and support Chen and his party. The greatest losers are not Chen's political opponents but the Taiwanese people. If this turmoil cannot be settled fairly, Taiwanese politics may become chaotic. SONG XIAOWEN Pingzhen City, Taiwan...