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...Western aid could help alleviate some aspects of Zimbabwe's perpetual crisis. Zimbabwe is looking for about $8.5 billion to revive its battered economy, but Western donors have refused to release meaningful amounts of development aid until the new government shows evidence of true reform. Robertson asks, "Is Mugabe willing to meet the conditions [set by the West] of rule of law, etc....? He has shown he is not ready to do so." He adds, "Unless the West comes in, things like cholera outbreaks will remain, as we cannot afford to replenish our water and sewage system...
...written a story revealing names of police officers who had allegedly tortured human-rights activists in jail. "It seems there is still a long way to go insofar as human-rights issues are concerned," says Leonard Makombe, a political commentator. "That might strangle the government, as it depends on Western aid for survival. That aid can only come if human-rights violations and media freedom is seen to be done and not talked about...
...also called for Ukraine to "finally purge itself of the symbols of a regime that destroyed millions of innocent people," saying that 400 such monuments were taken down last year. A recent decision to remove a statue paying tribute to the Red Army in Lviv in western Ukraine brought harsh criticism from the Russian government, reminiscent of the outcry when Estonian authorities had a similar statue dismantled and relocated in Tallinn in 2007. "We have a shared history, but our views of it are very different," says Stanislav Kulchytsky, deputy director of the Institute of Ukrainian History in Kiev...
...quick and complete end to uranium enrichment in Iran, failing which they'll consider military action - although Netanyahu has undertaken to refrain from attacking Iran without first consulting Washington. But Iran is unlikely simply to climb down. It will likely show flexibility in seeking a formula that addresses Western concerns over its nuclear intentions, but on its own terms. What either side will offer, or be willing to accept, of course, must remain a matter of conjecture: diplomatic opening bids seldom resemble bottom lines in resolving a strategic stalemate. But the conversation between Obama and Netanyahu on Iran could...
...swine flu virus, while participating in the Model United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York City. The two roomed together and sat next to each other on a Continental airlines flight that returned them to Narita International Airport on May 19. One girl, from the Hachioji district in western Tokyo, was feverish on the flight but a quarantine test showed her to be negative for the new flu. A test taken Wednesday night at a Hachioji hospital confirmed H1N1. Her classmate, who is from Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, was confirmed with the swine flu the same night. (Read "Battling...