Tag: pakistan
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A Good Week For International Change
Irotzabal If there are four big pieces of international news this week, it would be hard to make them anything but these. And if there were for big pieces of good international news this week, it would be hard to make them anything but these: The Kofi Annan-led mediation team seems to be getting close […]
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The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Source: art_es_anna I saw it this morning, at about eight. I said, “Oh… my… God.” Benazir Bhutto, long–and probably accurately–seen as the best choice for prime minister of the troubled mess that is Pakistan, was assassinated. For good or ill, it’s the most important political assassination I remember. I’m far too young to have experienced […]