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Samimi laments the squandered chance for Afghanistan to start over. "Right after the collapse of the Taliban, the government had the opportunity to go after these commanders because they were scared and weak," she says. "Instead, the international community and the government supported them and made them stronger. They didn't bring them to justice. They waited until they committed more crimes. For this we ousted the Taliban...
...world solution was not as clear-cut and revolutionary as his theory predicted. It was and is a long process of adjustment, confrontation and integration. The West has solved some of the problems but outsourced others. We could happily forget about this as long as it was happening to weak, marginalized countries, but now China plays an active part in the world economy. We can't command China to give us cheap raw materials, cheap labour, and hope for the best. We will have to globalize solutions. Florian Bous, URDORF, SWITZERLAND...
...completely dependent on the care of others," the pontiff said. It was the third time in a week that the Pope had made a not-so-subtle reference to the Englaro case. "Human life is beautiful and must be lived in its fullness even when it is weak and wrapped in the mystery of suffering...
...made more difficult by recent American neglect. The Bush Administration took its eyes off Islamabad after the fall of its favored partner, army general Pervez Musharraf, and the assassination of his would-be successor, Benazir Bhutto, with whom the U.S. hoped to work closely. Since Bhutto's death, a weak elected government and a recalcitrant military have failed to check the easy movement of al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in and out of Afghanistan. That has forced the U.S. military to launch targeted missile strikes on Pakistani soil, a policy that has enraged local public opinion...
...Easter Sunday of 2008, 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston, Wisconsin, suffered waves of nausea as she lay motionless on her deathbed, too weak to walk or speak. Kara's parents - both followers of the Unleavened Bread Ministries, an online church that shuns medical intervention - knelt in prayer beside their dying daughter. They did not call a doctor for help. A few hours later, Kara died of diabetes, a relatively common - and treatable - condition...