The Abandonment
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How the Bush Administration Left Israelis and Palestinians to Their
Fate
By Aaron David Miller
Sunday, April 29, 2007; B01
This is the tragedy of America's situation now in the Promised Land:
Never has the Arab-Israeli issue been more critical to our national
interests and to our security, yet rarely have we been so uniquely ill-
positioned to manage it -- let alone resolve it. In a post-9/11 era,
the cause of Palestine drives recruits to al-Qaeda and helps generate
lethal levels of anti-Americanism. But for almost seven years, the
Bush administration has hung a "Closed for the Season" sign on serious
Arab-Israeli diplomacy. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent
Middle East mission has shown that the administration is now finally
open for Arab-Israeli business. But the Rice initiative is almost
certainly way too little, way too late.
Watching Rice these days, I have to believe that she knows this too,
despite her public optimism. Having worked for her six predecessors on
Arab-Israeli negotiations, I think it's pretty clear that the odds
against a dramatic breakthrough are long, the time for the Bush
administration is short, and the gaps between Israelis and
Palestinians are galactic. So Rice's belated efforts face terribly
long odds -- both because the region has changed too much and because
the United States has sat on the sidelines for too long.
Tenet Tries to Shift the Blame. Don't Buy It.
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By Michael F. Scheuer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B01
George Tenet has a story to tell. With his appearance tonight on "60
Minutes" and the publication of his new memoir, "At the Center of the
Storm," the former director of central intelligence is out to absolve
himself of the failings of 9/11 and Iraq. He'll sell a lot of books,
of course, but we shouldn't buy his attempts to let himself off the
hook.
My experience with Tenet dates to the late 1980s, when he was the
sharp, garrulous, cigar-chomping staff director of the Senate
intelligence committee and I was a junior CIA officer who briefed him
on covert action programs in Afghanistan. Later, I worked directly for
Tenet after he took over the CIA and I became the first chief of the
agency's Osama bin Laden unit. We met regularly, often daily. It's
impossible to dislike Tenet, who is smart, polite, hard-working,
convivial and detail-oriented. But he's also a man who never went from
cheerleader to leader.
The Mommy War Machine
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By E.J. Graff
Sunday, April 29, 2007; B01
You see the magazine illustration: two women glaring at each other,
about to take a swing with their satchels -- one a briefcase, the
other a diaper bag. And you know right away what's coming: another
"Mommy Wars" story, a juicy tale of mothers who work and moms who stay
home, dissing each other on playgrounds and in school parking lots
with junior-high-level bile.
This trend story has been running for a generation. Just this month,
the latest salvo -- Leslie Bennetts's book "The Feminine Mistake," a
call-to-work warning women about the long-term costs of staying at
home -- hit the shelves with a bang, setting off another round of news
stories, talk shows and cyberspace debates about the progress on the
battlefront.
Window to The Womb
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By William Saletan
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B02
Last week, antiabortion activists won their biggest victory in 40
years: a Supreme Court decision upholding the Partial Birth Abortion
Ban Act. This week, they announced their next target. They want bills
that, in the words of Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life
Committee, "require the abortionist to offer the woman an opportunity
to view an ultrasound" of her fetus.
For the activists, this segue is logical. For the court, it means
trouble. It threatens to unravel the latest judicial compromise and,
with it, Roe v. Wade. In its April 18 ruling, the court treated
abortion like an obscenity -- something that could be done but not out
in the open. "Partial-birth" abortions, the court reasoned, could be
banned because they occur outside the woman's body. Other abortions
need not be outlawed, because the womb conceals them.
A Holy-Roller Democrat
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By Dan Gilgoff
Sunday, April 29, 2007; B03
John Arthur Eaves baptized three of his four sons in the Jordan River,
an event he highlights in a radio campaign ad. The candidate for
governor of Mississippi thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned, calls
for reintroducing school prayer and wants limits on riverboat gambling
-- all hot-button issues among evangelical pastors. A baby-faced trial
lawyer with a flair for self-promotion, Eaves is employing the same
tried-and-true campaign tactics as many Republicans running in the
South, the Midwest and other culturally conservative parts of the
country.
But Eaves isn't just any old run-of-the-mill evangelical candidate --
he's a Democrat. And he's challenging not just any first-term
governor, but Haley Barbour, a former chairman of the Republican
National Committee and a Goliath in the GOP, with possible designs on
the White House.
The Honeymoon's Over for Bush and the Saudis
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By Martin Indyk
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B05
What has happened to the love affair between Saudi Arabia's King
Abdullah and President Bush? Two years ago, down on the Texas ranch,
they were photographed walking hand in hand. It was the beginning of a
beautiful relationship: Bush dropped his demand for democratization in
the puritanical kingdom, and Abdullah did his best to moderate oil
prices. The dowry was a new U.S. arms deal for the Saudis. A second
honeymoon was scheduled for this month, when Bush planned to host
Abdullah for his first state visit.
So the White House was mightily perplexed when it was informed that
the king's schedule didn't allow for a spring visit to Washington.
Then, at an Arab League summit in Riyadh last month, Abdullah
denounced the U.S. war in Iraq as an "illegitimate occupation." He
also used the occasion to make up with Bush's bete noire, Bashar al-
Assad, the brash Syrian president who had previously denounced the
Saudi leader as "a dwarf."
Ban All the Lawyers
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Prisoners at Guantanamo don't really need them, or so says the Justice
Department.
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B06
THE BUSH administration is ruthlessly exploiting the perverted system
of justice approved by Congress last year for foreign prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By stripping the detainees of the ancient right
of habeas corpus, Congress drastically limited their ability to
challenge their detentions in U.S. courts. Now the administration is
citing that limitation as an excuse to curtail the prisoners' access
to the civilian lawyers who have been representing them.
Reality Show
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Sen. McCain injects some useful truths into the presidential campaign.
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B06
LAST WEEK John McCain embarked on an announcement tour quite different
than he might once have envisioned. In a party that prefers the
stately succession to the unseemly scrum, the Arizona Republican had
positioned himself to become the logical, perhaps inevitable, heir to
President Bush. Instead, Mr. McCain finds himself down in the polls,
lagging in fund-raising and dogged by his identification with an
unpopular war. His efforts to cozy up to figures such as the Rev.
Jerry Falwell -- whom Mr. McCain once branded an "agent of
intolerance" -- tarnished his reputation as a straight talker without
winning him much credit among social conservatives, who have always
been far more suspicious of the senator than his record would justify.
In recent months, he has seemed weary and beleaguered, not the happy
warrior of the 2000 campaign.
Gender Bash in France
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By Jim Hoagland
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B07
PARIS -- How does a macho conservative politician run against a
Socialist feminist who has pegged much of her campaign to the gender
issue? Very carefully if you are Nicolas Sarkozy and you are in the
final week of a French presidential campaign that is yours to lose.
The tone of the campaign has sharpened and become more personal in the
past two days. But even when he criticizes S?gol?ne Royal, Sarkozy is
careful to express his "respect" for her "as a person and a leader."
He predicts her programs will bankrupt France, but he explicitly
rejects any intention to patronize her.
'Heady Times' For India And the U.S.
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By Nicholas Burns
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B07
While Iraq and Iran have dominated recent headlines, the United States
and India have quietly forged the strongest relationship the two
countries have enjoyed since India's independence in 1947. For most of
the past 60 years, the Cold War and vastly differing ideological and
governing philosophies kept us, at best, fitful partners. That all
began to change a decade ago, when President Bill Clinton's efforts
led to the first great opening in our relations. In 2001 President
Bush launched an even more ambitious drive, culminating in impressive
agreements regarding civilian nuclear power, trade, science and
agriculture with India's reformist prime minister, Manmohan Singh.
The pace of progress between Washington and Delhi has been so rapid,
and the potential benefits to American interests so substantial, that
I believe within a generation Americans may view India as one of our
two or three most important strategic partners.
Obama the Interventionist
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By Robert Kagan
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B07
America must "lead the world in battling immediate evils and promoting
the ultimate good." With those words, Barack Obama put an end to the
idea that the alleged overexuberant idealism and America-centric
hubris of the past six years is about to give way to a new realism, a
more limited and modest view of American interests, capabilities and
responsibilities.
Obama's speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs last week was
pure John Kennedy, without a trace of John Mearsheimer. It had a
deliberate New Frontier feel, including some Kennedy-era references
("we were Berliners") and even the Cold War-era notion that the United
States is the "leader of the free world." No one speaks of the "free
world" these days, and Obama's insistence that we not "cede our claim
of leadership in world affairs" will sound like an anachronistic
conceit to many Europeans, who even in the 1990s complained about the
bullying "hyperpower." In Moscow and Beijing it will confirm
suspicions about America's inherent hegemonism. But Obama believes the
world yearns to follow us, if only we restore our worthiness to lead.
Personally, I like it.
When the Skies Filled With Dust
By George F. Will
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B07
"The soil is the one indestructible, immutable asset that the nation
possesses. It is the one resource that cannot be exhausted."
-- Federal Bureau of Soils, 1878
Seventy-five years ago, America's southern plains were learning
otherwise. Today, amid warnings of environmental apocalypse, it is
well to recall the real thing. It is a story about the unintended
consequences of technological progress and of government policies.
Above all, it is an epic of human endurance.
Do We Need the Death Penalty?
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Yes, It's Ethical and Effective
Sunday, April 29, 2007; B08
Across the country, support for the death penalty has dropped from 80
percent to 65 percent in the past decade. Maryland Gov. Martin
O'Malley (D) recently asserted that "the facts are on the side of
those" who say the state's death penalty does not deter murder.
Really? Retired British prison psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple has
pointed out that after Britain abolished capital punishment in 1965,
its homicide rate doubled. The types of killings that once would have
led to the death penalty, such as murders by those on parole for
lesser crimes, "increased disproportionately." Further, improved
trauma medicine has reduced fatalities from violence by up to four-
fifths. So, Dalrymple has said, in effect "the rate of homicidal
violence has increased by up to 10 times."
Punishing Race Is An Enticing Lost Cause
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By Story by Eli Saslow {vbar} Photos by Preston Keres {vbar}
The Washington Post
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A01
WARTBURG, Tenn.
Alone, running and hiking in the mountains for almost 50 hours, Brian
Robinson's mind had slowly unraveled. He had run through two sleepless
nights, through fog and sideways rain, through thornbushes and over
rattlesnake dens. Now, with 80 miles finished and 20 left in the
world's toughest footrace, Robinson no longer could differentiate
between real and imaginary. Around each corner, he thought he heard
picnickers laughing at him. At midnight. In the remote woodlands of
Tennessee.
Robinson stumbled into the Barkley Marathons' final aid station at 8
a.m., with black hollows surrounding his eyes. His hands trembled, a
result of the five caffeine pills he had swallowed. Dozens of
scratches covered his arms and legs. His dry-fit shirt was dingy and
frayed. The slightest gust of wind knocked Robinson from side to side,
so he leaned against a tree.
Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed
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By John Solomon and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A01
As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding,
presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State
Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide.
Titled "Echo-Chamber Message" -- a public relations term for talking
points designed to be repeated again and again -- the Sept. 7, 2005,
directive was unmistakable: Assure the scores of countries that had
pledged or donated aid at the height of the disaster that their
largesse had provided Americans "practical help and moral support" and
"highlight the concrete benefits hurricane victims are receiving."
82 Inmates Cleared but Still Held at Guantanamo
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U.S. Cites Difficulty Deporting Detainees
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A01
LONDON -- More than a fifth of the approximately 385 prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been cleared for release but may have to
wait months or years for their freedom because U.S. officials are
finding it increasingly difficult to line up places to send them,
according to Bush administration officials and defense lawyers.
Since February, the Pentagon has notified about 85 inmates or their
attorneys that they are eligible to leave after being cleared by
military review panels. But only a handful have gone home, including a
Moroccan and an Afghan who were released Tuesday. Eighty-two remain at
Guantanamo and face indefinite waits as U.S. officials struggle to
figure out when and where to deport them, and under what conditions.
After the Debate, Another Chance to Put Their Spin on Things
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By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A02
ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Gov. Bill Richardson (N.M.) was sweating.
Profusely.
More than an hour after the first Democratic debate of the 2008
presidential race concluded in this small town 45 minutes south of
Columbia, Richardson was mobbed by reporters scribbling in notebooks
and camera crews jostling for position.
Vatican Panel Discounts Limbo for Unbaptized
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Greatest Impact of Change May Be Relief for Parents
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A03
Ann Druge grew up in a Catholic family with eight children and the
haunting knowledge that a ninth was stillborn. Because the baby, named
Mary Ellen, had not been baptized, she was denied a Catholic burial.
"When we would go to the cemetery . . . we'd always stop where they
threw the dead flowers. That's where the little one was buried," said
Druge, 80, of Storrs, Conn. "My mother and father were very upset
every time. She was stillborn, so she couldn't be buried in the
consecrated ground. We were told she was in limbo."
Drugmakers, Doctors Get Cozier
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Gifts Continue, Contacts Increase Despite Guidelines
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A03
Despite efforts to curb drug companies' avid courting of doctors, the
industry is working harder than ever to influence what medicines they
prescribe, sending out sales representatives with greater frequency
and plying physicians with gifts, meals and consulting fees, according
to several new papers.
One study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week
found that 94 percent of doctors have some type of relationship with
the drug industry -- most commonly accepting free food or drug
samples, which about 80 percent of physicians did. More than one-third
of the 1,662 physicians who responded to a survey conducted from
November 2003 to June 2004 reported being reimbursed by the drug
industry for costs of going to professional meetings or continuing
medical education, and 28 percent said they had been paid for
consulting, giving lectures or signing up patients for clinical
trials.
Alliance and Rivalry Link Bush, McCain
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Alternating Postures May Determine Senator's Political Fate, Some
Friends Say
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A04
When nine Republican presidential candidates presented their cases to
Iowa activists at a Des Moines dinner this month, only Arizona Sen.
John McCain went out of his way to embrace President Bush. "There's
only one commander in chief of the United States, and that's George W.
Bush," he told the crowd. "I support him, and I believe in him."
But when McCain formally kicked off his campaign last week, there
seemed to be a lot he did not believe in, such as Bush's handling of
the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina and federal spending. McCain called
for Bush's attorney general to resign. "That's not good enough for
America," he said after reciting a litany of Bush failures. "And when
I'm president, it won't be good enough for me."
Sending a Message, With Unimpeachable Clarity
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By Paul Schwartzman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A04
The protesters assembled on the Mall yesterday with a plan to voice
their less-than-generous views about a certain president and his vice
president. They would form a human chain to spell out I-M-P-E-A-C-H,
even including an exclamation point.
But only 150 or so showed up, far fewer than the 1,000 organizers had
hoped for. As their photo opportunity approached, they knew they'd be
lucky to spell I-M-P.
Top Democrats Strain to Keep Pace
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In California, Candidates Showing Toll of Compressed Primary Schedule
By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A05
SAN DIEGO, April 28 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) appeared
here without her husband this weekend, but she did bring one of his
trademarks: a hoarse speaking voice.
Clinton said she was fighting a cold. But at a news conference after
her speech to the California Democratic Party Convention on Saturday,
she acknowledged that the front-loaded 2008 primary schedule is
putting a strain on her candidacy.
Bush Pitches Immigration Plan at College
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President Talks of Assimilation and Criticizes Cuba in Speech at Miami
College
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A05
MIAMI, April 28 -- Miami Dade College has been trying to get a
president to speak at graduation for nearly a decade, and this year
President Bush accepted, using the commencement speech here Saturday
to outline his vision of an assimilating America.
The White House saw it as an appropriate setting: With more than
160,000 students, Miami Dade bills itself as one of the largest
institutions of higher education in the country, with a diverse
student body that includes many children of immigrants. The flags of
64 countries, representing graduates' backgrounds, were carried in the
ceremony's opening parade.
Ethiopia Continues to Hold U.S. Man, Frustrating Family
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From News Services
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A07
TRENTON, N.J. -- The family of a U.S. citizen being held in Ethiopia
has grown increasingly frustrated that he remains detained despite
reports that he would be released.
A congressman's office said this month that Amir Meshal, 24, would
soon be freed. But Ethiopia then changed its mind, according to an
internal U.S. government document that was disclosed last week.
Audit Finds Exclusive Clubs 'Monopolize' Public Parkland
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Similar Conclusion in 1984 Had Little Effect at National Park Service
By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A08
The National Park Service has for decades allowed members-only beach,
yacht and sports clubs -- including New York City's largest beach
resort -- to "monopolize" public lands that by law should be open to
all, an Interior Department audit shows.
The audit also found that the Park Service did not consider
"environmental consequences" for 18 of 20 sites included in the
survey.
In Buenos Aires, 'Neighborhoods of Misery'
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Slums Growing Despite Efforts to Transform Them
By Monte Reel
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A18
BUENOS AIRES -- About 1,500 people used to live in Villa Cart?n, a
slapdash cluster of hundreds of crooked shacks wedged beneath a
highway overpass.
Scrap-wood walls were reinforced with cardboard, old bedsheets
curtained window frames. Walkways were clogged with pushcarts full of
bottles and paper, the recyclable refuse that many of the people who
lived there scavenged for a living.
Car Bomb in Shiite Holy City of Karbala Kills at Least 56
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By Karin Brulliard and K.I. Ibrahim
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A18
BAGHDAD, April 28 -- At least 56 people were killed Saturday in the
second major car bombing in two weeks in the Shiite holy city of
Karbala, police said, and the U.S. military reported the deaths of
seven soldiers and two Marines in other attacks.
Three of the soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing southeast of
Baghdad on Saturday, and one was killed in a bombing south of the
capital, the military said. Three soldiers were wounded in the
attacks. On Friday, three soldiers and two Marines were killed in the
Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, west of Baghdad, the
military reported.
Report Finds Problems at Iraqi Sites Built or Aided by U.S.
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By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A19
Inspections of eight facilities that were rehabilitated or built as
part of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq revealed problems with
maintenance that suggest some such projects may not function as long
or as well as planned, according to a federal oversight agency.
The evaluations were conducted by the Office of the Special Inspector
General for Iraq Reconstruction, which is charged with monitoring
projects for fraud, waste and abuse of funds. The agency will release
its quarterly report tomorrow summarizing the inspections and giving
an update on such sectors as oil and electricity.
War Called Riskier Than Vietnam
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Military Experts Fretful Over Long-Term Consequences
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A19
President Bush recently said that "there's a lot of differences"
between the current war in Iraq and the Vietnam War.
As fighting in Iraq enters its fifth year, an increasing number of
experts in foreign policy and national strategy are arguing that the
biggest difference may be that the Iraq war will inflict greater
damage to U.S. interests than Vietnam did.
Saudi King Declines to Receive Iraqi Leader
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By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A19
In a serious rebuff to U.S. diplomacy, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
has refused to receive Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the eve
of a critical regional summit on the future of the war-ravaged
country, Iraqi and other Arab officials said yesterday.
The Saudi leader's decision reflects the growing tensions between the
oil-rich regional giants, the deepening skepticism among Sunni leaders
in the Middle East about Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, and Arab
concern about the prospects of U.S. success in Iraq, the sources said.
The Saudi snub also indicates that the Maliki government faces a
creeping regional isolation unless it takes long-delayed actions, Arab
officials warn.
An Armory in Gun-Shy Europe
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Switzerland Weighs Curbs on Its Culture of Firearm Ownership
By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A20
ZUG, Switzerland -- Evening rush hour at a Swiss train station: men in
suits, a woman carrying a cello, kids lugging snowboards. Markus
Marschall, a university engineering student, walked through the bustle
wearing an orange T-shirt, leather jacket and aviator sunglasses --
and a Sturmgewehr 90 automatic assault rifle slung over his shoulder.
"It's perfectly normal," said Marschall, 25, who carried the olive-
green rifle, issued to him by the Swiss military, on a canvas strap as
casually as he might carry a tennis racket. Nobody gave him a second
glance.
Environmental Guru Energizes Canadians
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By Doug Struck
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, April 29, 2007; A20
TORONTO -- The rough ghost town in the Canadian Rocky Mountains that
became a prison home for four members of the Suzuki family during
World War II did not really seem such a bad place to 6-year-old David.
"For a kid suddenly plunked down in a valley where the rivers and
lakes were filled with fish and the forests with wolves, bears and
deer, this was paradise," Suzuki recalled years later in his
autobiography.
Zimbabwean Activists Tell of Rights Abuses
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Lawyers, Victims Seek Support of U.S.
By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A21
Dozens of women arrested at a protest in Zimbabwe were stripped and
otherwise brutalized in an ongoing government crackdown on activists,
according to Zimbabwean human rights lawyers and torture victims who
arrived in Washington last week for meetings with officials.
Otto Saki, acting director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, said
61 women protesting exorbitant electricity bills and spotty service
were detained Wednesday and confined to one room at a police station
in Harare, the capital.
Pakistan Suicide Bombing Kills 22, Injures Minister
By Riaz Khan
Associated Press
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A21
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 28 -- A suicide bomber apparently trying to
assassinate Pakistan's interior minister detonated his explosives in a
crowd surrounding the official Saturday, killing at least 22 people
and wounding 35.
Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao was slightly injured, and state
television showed him walking to his car after the blast with
bloodstains on his face and white tunic. His son, two security guards
and two members of his staff were among the injured.
Carbon-Neutral Is Hip, but Is It Green?
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By ANDREW C. REVKIN
The rush to go on a carbon diet, even if by proxy, is in overdrive.
The Perfect Weapon for the Meanest Wars
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By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
The charade of ideology is over. All over the world children are used
to fight for greed and power.
Walling Off Your Enemies: The Long View
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/weekinreview/29wein.html?ref=weekinreview&pagewanted=all
By TIM WEINER
Whether in modern-day Baghdad or ancient China, walls of war are the
architecture of long struggle.
Oh, for a Chance to Whitewash a Fence
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/weekinreview/29basicA.html?ref=weekinreview
By TOM KUNTZ
Mark Twain's 19th-century sprite is being name-checked a lot lately as
a handy way to describe the Internet vogue du jour: exploiting free
labor and content online.
Islamic Democrats?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29Brotherhood.t.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all
By JAMES TRAUB
In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has taken up a freedom agenda.
Freedom for what is under debate.
The Post-Money Era
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29wwlnlede.t.html?ref=magazine
By MATT BAI
Why $50 million in campaign contributions isn't what it used to be.
Catalytic Converters
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29wwlnphenomenon.t.html?ref=magazine
By ANDREW TABLER
In Syria, rumors abound of Sunnis adopting Shiite Islam. What would
''Shiitization'' mean for the Middle East?
'George Kennan: A Study of Character'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/books/review/Traub.t.html?ref=review
By JOHN LUKACS
Reviewed by JAMES TRAUB
George Kennan, a student of the Soviet Union and the human soul, was
the architect of containment.
'Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/books/review/Worth.t.html?ref=review
By GEORGINA HOWELL
Reviewed by ROBERT F. WORTH
A biography of the British woman who created modern-day Iraq.
Still Waiting for Answers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/opinion/29sun1.html
Why, after all this time, are Americans still in the dark about many
of the Bush administration's most important decisions?
Strengthening Abortion Rights
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/opinion/29sun2.html
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has produced a sound proposal aimed at shoring up
women's reproductive rights in New York State.
Better to Be the Best
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/opinion/29sun3.html
As global competition heats up, Americans will have to get used to
having more of their companies fall from the top spot.
Sex Slave Dispute Follows Abe Even as He Bonds With Bush
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/world/asia/29japan.html?ref=world
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Japan's leader used pointedly vague language to sidestep the issue of
his country's responsibility toward sex slaves.
Bosnians in America: A Two-Sided Saga
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/29youth.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By LYNETTE CLEMETSON
A group of Bosnian refugees has formed a leadership initiative and a
support group intended to help other young Bosnians adjust to life in
the United States.
A Saudi Prince Tied to Bush Is Sounding Off-Key
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/washington/29saudi.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By HELENE COOPER and JIM RUTENBERG
Prince Bandar bin Sultan may no longer be an unerring beacon of Saudi
intent, U.S. officials say.
New Conflicts Accompany Nepal's Efforts at Democracy
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/world/asia/29nepal.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
A year after a return to democratic rule, a useless session of
Parliament represents the fissures that have cut through Nepal's body
politic.
Elected Chief of Turkey Warns Army
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/world/europe/29turkey.html?ref=europe
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
A spokesman said that the military was out of line when it warned that
it would move against the government if religion was allowed too far
into politics.
Borders Spell Trouble for Arab-American
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/29border.html?ref=us
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Arab-American organizations want Congressional oversight of the
terrorist watch list system.
McCain Tries to Recapture Vigor of His Last Campaign
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/politics/29mccain.html?ref=politics
By MICHAEL COOPER
Senator John McCain is standing by the policy he adopted as a
candidate in 2000 of speaking freely, frequently and at length to
reporters and audiences.
Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/29Rparenting.html?ref=education
By MICHAEL WINERIP
It used to upset him that many kids he interviewed would not get into
Harvard, but no longer.
The Divisions That Tighten the Purse Strings
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/business/yourmoney/29view.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
By EDUARDO PORTER
Studies suggest that America's diversity goes a long way toward
explaining why government spending on social welfare programs is much
lower than in Europe.
A Starring Role for 'Green' Construction
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/realestate/commercial/29sqft.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
By VIVIAN MARINO
As concerns mount about global warming and oil prices, so, too, has
interest in more sustainable construction.
At Whole Foods, a Welcome Sign for Immigrants Seeking Jobs
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/business/yourmoney/29home.html?ref=business
By JOSEPH P. FRIED
Immigrants and refugees can receive a leg up through a pre-interview
training program supported by Whole Foods Market and a social services
group.
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