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Soft money, hard truths
One of the key issues for global governance is the separation of the electoral process in the United States from the private funding of
Office of the Chancellor
Berlin
5 September 2002
Dear Herr President Dubya,
Howdy!
What is up partner? How is things so cool in America? I hope good. (I have been
Disaster daughters
Lets start at the end of the world.
Over the past year, the Diary has been generous in its coverage of global catastrophe and the wiping out
A great divide
Climate change was not high on the agenda of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg last month, but with the enticingly named Eighth Conference of
Ball-watching
Good news for Irans women this week (relatively speaking, of course).
The cabinets Cultural Committee decided to let its hair down a bit, and has given its
Euro allergies
The worst Eurosceptics scare-stories became reality this week when the British journal Nature published an article linking euro coins to allergies.
The nickel-sensitive would be well advised to
Mother nature
A pair of articles in Americas leading papers this week attempted to enlighten us to the logic that is George W. Bush. They are worthy of note.
EDITORIAL FROM The Daily Crimes (Johannesburg) This week, the worlds leaders or, at least, their next-best alternatives will be vacationing in our city. As our guests, they will expect
Stretchered off?
Iraqi opposition
The Washington Post reported this week on the encouraged Iraq dissidents in exile. With Washington beating the war drum, the Iraqi opposition have been limbering up
Grounds for divorce
Conflicting signs continue to come out of Iran.
This week the Parliament, home to the reformers, gave its approval to a bill that grants women rights to
EastWest chill
USRusso relations frosted over to cold war levels this week. As if the Eastern power hadnt done enough to undermine Dubyas axis-of-evil speech what
Arms and a legacy
Last year, arms sales to the developing world reached their lowest level in seven years. Arms sales overall dropped to the lowest total since 1997.
The
