French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (R) and Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai give a joint press conference at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, November 18, 2008. Tsvangirai warned President Robert Mugabe today not to form a government without him, vowing to use his majority in parliament to render such a regime unworkable. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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Why is Democracy so Hard to Sell?
Winston Churchill used to say that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. How right, he was. So when it comes to political experimentation mankind is still in the Stone Age.
Something rotten in Kenya
The current mayhem in Kenya is not only tribal but rooted in something equally insidious: greed. The country's largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu (23 percent of the population), controlled the country at the time of independence in 1963, when Jomo Kenyatta became the first president, followed by Daniel arap Moi, a Kalenjin. The Mau Mau revolt, which brought about the end of white rule and was Kikuyu instigated, may have led many Kenyans to conclude that the Kikuyus would dominate the country forever.
Gadhafi ends EU tour with Spanish deals
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ended Tuesday a European tour during which France and Spain confirmed his international rehabilitation in exchange for promises of lucrative contracts.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe treats self to luxury mansion
Unperturbed by the plight of millions living in poverty around him in a country with a battered and failed economy, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has moved into a multimillion-dollar retirement palace that has been built over the past five yea
