The G-8 Start with a Focus on Africa |
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Rule of Global Etiquette No. 1: When you throw a party for the exclusive club of the world's richest countries, you have to make sure the poorest don't feel shut out. Who knows? They might be your customers one day. Japan is adhering to that rule as it plays host this week to the Group of Eight nations in Toyako, a hot springs resort on the northern island of Hokkaido. It made certain that the poorest of continents received Day 1 attention from the main conferees (the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, Japan and Russia). And so "outreach sessions" were scheduled with the leaders of Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. In May, Tokyo also gathered 40 African leaders for a conference on development. The inextricably linked fuel and food crises have made the plight of Africa even more pressing in the past few months. More |
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Afghan Bombing Fuels Regional Furor |
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An Indian IL-76 transport plane flew to Kabul Monday to retrieve the bodies of four diplomats killed in a suicide bombing at India's embassy in the Afghan capital. The dead, who numbered 41, included a brigadier general, R.D. Mehta, who had started his post just five months ago and a foreign service officer, V.V. Rao, whose two-year tour of duty in Kabul was about to end. The bombing is likely to have regional ramifications, both for India's relations with the neighborhood and those of every other country supporting Afghan P. Hamid Karzai. More | |
Micro$oft Wants a New Yahoo Board |
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(SAN FRANCISCO) — Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal. More | |
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