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Today the people of Aceh are in a similar situation. They haven't been offered a chance to vote on their fate, but Wahid has an even weaker grip on the nation than Habibie did. Last year Wahid promised a political autonomy and economic package for Aceh. But under pressure from the military, nationalists and Vice President Megawati, Wahid last week issued a Presidential Instruction calling for local officials to reinstate public services and destroy separatist movements using any means necessary...
...Israeli government must provide its Palestinian attackers with better arms? May one only defend oneself against an equally strong enemy? Because it has better military capabilities, Asnes implies, Israel is necessarily in the moral wrong. While the more powerful side in a conflict has greater ability to oppress the weaker side, logic—and reality—permit the opposite. So while it is relevant to note Israel’s superior military capacities, the imbalance doesn’t reveal which side is acting morally...
...Joey, phrasing like a girl-group singer with nothing special in the way of chops. His everyman voice, weaker every year from the strain of constant touring, was all the more effective for being so ordinary. It was a voice that didn't call attention to itself. No strutting rock god here, no Robert Plant...
...Brazil already dominates its own Mercosur trading bloc, but it is smaller, weaker and much less sweeping in its free-trade arrangements than NAFTA. Accommodating to proposed FTAA rules that are similar to NAFTA's - the draft text mirrors the NAFTA agreement - is therefore seen as threatening. "Rightly or wrongly, the perception that much is expected from our side while little is offered in exchange is indeed widespread," Brazilian foreign minister Celso Lafer declared in Washington last month...
...would weed out the weaker kids b) the meat industry lobbied for it c) salmonella burgers are delicious with arsenic water...