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April 1, 2008
Possibly stunning news out of Zimbabwe
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This breaking New York Times report from Zimbabwe suggests that President Mugabe's advisers are in negotiations with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai about a possible transfer of power, apparently sparked by Mugabe's conclusion that a runoff election would be "demeaning."

The nugget:

A resignation by Mr. Mugabe, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, would be a stunning turnabout in a country where he has been accused of consistently manipulating election results to maintain his lock on power.

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August 26, 2008


In support of UN Peacekeeping Missions
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by Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

This post was originally published on UN Dispatch on July 9, 2007. Joe Biden was selected as Barack Obama's running mate on August 23.

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Ten years ago, I stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate to introduce a bill, which eventually became known as the "Helms-Biden law", to authorize the payment of nearly $1 billion in back dues to the United Nations. Securing its passage was a hard-fought, but worthwhile, initiative.

Unfortunately, we are again in arrears to the UN. For over a year, we have not been paying our full contribution for its peacekeeping operations -- missions in places like Lebanon, Sudan, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kosovo -- that advance our national interests while sharing the human, political and financial costs of peacekeeping with other nations.

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