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[IMAGE]	[IMAGE]	[IMAGE]	[IMAGE]	Politics this week
				July 12th 2001
				From The Economist print edition  
				
				
				Portents
				
				As General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan and the Indian prime minister, Atal 
Behari Vajpayee, prepared to discuss peace for Kashmir, 15 people died in 
clashes in the Indian part of the disputed territory.
				
				See article: It's good to talk E+
				
				Gary Condit, an American congressman, admitted having covered up his affair 
with a missing intern, Chandra Levy. The police later searched the Democrat,s 
apartment*11 weeks after Miss Levy had disappeared.
				
				See article: Secrets, lies and hubris 
				
				Squatters invaded land on the edge of Johannesburg. A court ordered them to 
leave and the South African government, anxious to differentiate itself from 
Zimbabwe, sent police to evict them.
				
				See article: Space invaders E+
				
				Riots in Jamaica
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				AP
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				Violence erupted in Jamaica. The government called out the army after 25 
people had been killed, most of them in gun battles between police and gangs 
with political links.
				
				See article: Burning E+
				
				A row broke out in America after scientists announced that they had created 
human embryos in order to harvest stem cells. President George Bush has still 
not decided whether to let federal money go to stem-cell research.
				
				Chile,s appeal court ruled that General Augusto Pinochet was mentally unfit 
to stand trial on human-rights charges, bringing to an end a lengthy legal 
saga.
				
				See article: He's demented E+
				
				Meta politics
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				Reuters
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				Albania,s prime minister, Ilir Meta, and his Socialists were handsomely 
returned to power in a general election.
				
				See article: On the road to normality E+
				
				In his native city of Split, huge flag-waving crowds welcomed Goran 
Ivanisevic, the wild-card Croatian winner of the men,s singles at Wimbledon.
				
				See article: Goran Ivanisevic 
				
				British and Irish leaders agonised together for days trying to save the 
crumbling peace process in Northern Ireland. The northern English city of 
Bradford saw Britain,s worst race riots for years, between whites and (mainly 
British-born) Asians.
				
				See article: Alone, together E+
				
				Magistrates investigating President Jacques Chirac,s use of dubious funds 
questioned the French president,s daughter Claude, an adviser on the media to 
her father.
				
				See article: Gather round the trough 
				
				China on top
				
				Hong Kong,s legislature passed a law that would allow the Chinese government 
in Beijing to sack the territory,s leader. Pro-democracy members of the 
legislature said the law eroded the autonomy of the former British colony. 
				
				A move to vote Sri Lanka,s minority government out of office was thwarted 
when President Chandrika Kumaratunga suspended parliament until September 7th.
				
				In a new surge of violence in Nepal, where the royal family was murdered in 
June, some 40 policemen were killed by Maoist gangs. 
				
				Japan turned down pleas by South Korea and China to correct &distortions8 in 
school textbooks dealing with its Asian conquests. South Korea broke off its 
(very limited) military ties with Japan. 
				
				Africa,s new union
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				Reuters
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				African heads of government gathered in Lusaka for the 37th and final meeting 
of the Organisation of African Unity. The group will be known in future as 
the African Union, with, it is said, a commission, central bank and 
parliament. Amara Essy, a former foreign minister of C"te d,Ivoire, was 
elected secretary-general.
				
				In a breakthrough at the Burundi peace talks, chaired by Nelson Mandela, the 
country,s 19 political parties were said to have agreed that Pierre Buyoya, a 
Tutsi, should remain president for the first 18 months of a new three-year 
transitional government. A Hutu politician would be vice-president, and their 
roles would be reversed half-way through the term. Once a ceasefire has been 
agreed, South Africa, Nigeria and others will send peacekeepers. 
				
				In the latest of a string of political killings in Zambia, Paul Tembo, a 
former ally of President Frederick Chiluba who had defected to an opposition 
party, was shot dead a few hours before he was due to testify to a corruption 
inquiry. He had been expected to implicate several ministers.
				
				Demolition tactics
				
				The United States joined the European Union in condemning Israel for 
demolishing 17 Palestinian houses in Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza strip. 
Earlier, Israel had destroyed 14 houses under construction in a refugee camp 
in Jerusalem.
				
				See article: Post-mortem on Black October 
				
				Israel, Hizbullah and the United Nations were involved in a row over a 
videotape taken at the scene of the abduction of three Israeli soldiers last 
year. The UN is prepared to show Israel the footage, but only on the 
condition that the faces of Hizbullah militants are obscured. 
				
				A leading Egyptian feminist, Nawal el-Saadawi, was accused of apostasy by a 
lawyer for allegedly saying the haj pilgrimage had pagan roots. A Cairo court 
is being asked to enforce her separation from her Muslim husband of 37 years. 
The case has been adjourned. 
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
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