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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has a word of advice for Africa's leaders: Don't be mute in the face of crappy behaviour by your peers. An excerpt from the BBC story: He did not name Zimbabwe in the interview, but his envoy is visiting the country to assess the demolition of shanty towns making 200,000 homeless. [...]
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An editorial from Thursday's NYT: This is a proud but awful moment for The New York Times and its employees. One of our reporters, Judith Miller, has decided to accept a jail sentence rather than testify before a grand jury about one of her confidential sources. Ms. Miller has taken a path that will be [...]
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Peter Taylor – Just waiting to happen Tariq Ali – The price of occupation Robin Cook – The war against terror cannot be won by military means Tony Benn – In the name of security
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According to an NYT story, the London subway bombs worked on mechanical timers, not cellphones like in Madrid. But investigators say there are enough similarities between the two incidents to bear a close look. The double-decker bus that had its roof blown off was originally thought to be targeted by a suicide bomber. Now the thinking [...]
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'Red Ken' would be Ken Livingstone, mayor of London and once Labour Party Leader Tony Blair's bete noir. He was reacting to the London bombings. He was quoted in The Guardian: This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful. It was not aimed at presidents or prime ministers. It was aimed [...]
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