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...tendencies - charges his allies reject. Changing the constitution will only fuel instability, say critics. Most Nigerians seem to agree: a recent poll by independent researcher Afrobarometer found that 8 out of 10 Nigerians oppose a third presidential term - a figure disputed by Obasanjo's camp. Could the debate turn violent? U.S. intelligence czar John Negroponte told a Senate committee in March that a third term could trigger a"disruption of oil supply, secessionist moves by regional governments, major refugee flows and instability elsewhere in West Africa." That's more likely if Nigeria's politicians exploit ethnic divisions, as they have...
Despite the apparent success with property crimes, violent crime did not see a similarly stunning decrease, down to 500 from 503, a statistically insignificant amount...
...think I’ve been skeptical of violent passion for a long time. I think “Pinkerton” is about that, a lot—seeing how, every time I’ve felt really passionate for someone, as soon as I “acquire” them, or feel like I’ve acquired them, the passion goes away. That’s how that album concludes, and I just don’t feel secure in that, for a life. I want to build my life on something more stable...
Popular stereotype doesn't always make room for the idea of violent girls, but they are there--and they are acting out. In 2003, according to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 40% of boys admitted to having carried a gun or a knife or been in at least one physical fight in the previous year. But the girls were not far behind, at 25%. And when the violence is girl-on-girl, it can get especially ugly. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, co-author of Sugar & Spice and No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence and professor...
...Nepal's struggle against its King, now entering its nineteenth day of street protests and violent police reprisals, may be close to a resolution. Late Monday night, Nepal's King finally capitulated to relentless pressure from street protests and agreed to meet a key demand of his nation's pro-democracy movement - thus offering hope for a resolution to the nineteen-day-old political crisis that has ravaged Nepal. Appearing on national TV half an hour before midnight, King Gyanendra offered to reinstate Nepal's parliament, which was dissolved in 2002 - thus meeting an important demand of the pro-democracy...