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...probably the best news out of the embattled region in ages?and a possible breakthrough in the Kashmir Gordian knot. Kashmiris embraced the democratic process as a means of somehow going forward: turnout was 44%, compared to the pointedly apathetic participation in 1996 elections. They trusted India's vow that the polls wouldn't be rigged (as they have been in the past) and India came through. That's an amazing show of mutual good faith following 13 years of anti-Indian militancy and more than 36,000 lives lost. Militant groups attacked polling stations and assassinated candidates?in total...
...hard-liners seem to think that by repeating this kind of unsubstantiated speculation, they can force Bush to stick to his vow to take on Saddam--even though, as White House aides insisted last week, he still does not have a plan for doing so. "Some people are, by design, trying to put him into a corner on this," says an official who works on Iraq policy. "They're arguing that if we don't attack, Saddam will win yet again because of the harm that will do to American credibility...
...only a tiny minority of China's cybercaf?s is playing by the rules. Since the hourly charge is less than 50 cents at the priciest Shanghai outlets, city dwellers vow to keep surfing. "Coming to an Internet bar is cheaper than karaoke or a pub or a disco," says Zhang Guoming, a 34-year-old cybercaf? owner in Shanghai. "There's less harm in it than going elsewhere. Why are they trying to close us down...
...highest principles have made him the best associate any editor could have. As I said at the time, "Although not a journalist, in his 30 years here Jerry has thought like one, and acted like one." We will miss Jerry as a friend and a colleague, and vow to uphold the principles he holds dear. We wish him the best in his next adventures...
...ready to fight a "decisive" battle. Indications are that India will hold off attacking in order to give the U.S. time to pressure Musharraf into shutting down the militant groups on the Pakistan-controlled side of Kashmir. But faced with Indian pressure, Musharraf had no choice but to vow to respond in kind. And, in what may have been an attempt to warn Washington of the consequences of confrontation with India, he announced Thursday that Pakistan may have to begin moving troops away from the Afghanistan border, where they're supporting U.S. search-and-destroy efforts against al-Qaeda...