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...regions. His soldiers continue to wage war against other rebels in the west, where fighting has killed 3,000. "There is still war somewhere," says Deborah Ayen, a mother of five in Mayenwal. "So we still fear." A number of donors - the U.N., the E.U., the Arab League and usaid - are promising help in the reconstruction of the south. But many worry that the region could slip back into chaos if the southerners feel they are getting less than their share. Almost every family owns a gun - often their only brush with modernity. And while the south was unified...
...civil administrator in charge of reconstruction and humanitarian until an interim Iraqi government is formed, has direct responsibility for setting Iraq on the road to democracy and prosperity. His self-imposed timeline: three months to complete the task. Slightly less optimistic is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has given itself 18 months to set everything right...
...support a President who regards "war as an opportunity to dish out contracts to his cronies." The Foreign Office later said "it seems perfectly fair that if American money is being used, the work goes to American companies." True, that's fair in the U.S., where the relief agency USAID requires contracts to go to U.S. groups; but British firms must vie for British aid money with foreign competitors. The stakes, argues chief executive of the British Consultants and Construction Bureau Colin Adams, are not actually that high: "These projects are a steady, long-term grind, without vast profits...
...that the U.S. government has taken initial steps toward awarding $900 million in contracts to repair and rebuild the country, contracts that will go exclusively to U.S. companies and to subcontractors from nations officially designated as friendly. Sources also tell TIME that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently held a restricted briefing for security-cleared bidders and sent out confidential requests for construction proposals. USAID had no comment...
...marketing tool: starvation," says Ben Stewart, a London-based spokesman for Greenpeace, which accuses the Bush Administration of sending GM grain to Africa to increase acceptance of GMOS and U.S. exports. U.S. officials reject the accusation. "We clearly have a major humanitarian problem," says Roger Winter, assistant administrator at USAid, which distributes U.S. food aid. "We were not aware that this suddenly was going to emerge as such a heavy impediment to a timely response in the region." The publicity surrounding the Zambian decision may actually hurt the anti-GM cause. To avoid an American challenge...