As continued from yesterday's paper, the political unrest in Afghanistan made frontpage headlines again. The current Afghan president, Hamid Karzai has conceded for a runoff election.
But Afghanistan is still in political unrest and uncertainty at this point. Diplomats have pressed Karzai to concede to a runoff election and at the same time, questioned whether this quickly scrambled-together election will be any securer than the first. Questions regarding the fraud factor still go unanswered. When asked about the fradulent voting, Karzai was quoted as saying, "Now is not the time to discuss this." How typical.
Senator John Kerry was one politician who negotiated with Karzai to accept the results for "20 hours over 5 days" according to the article. I have to say that I don't like the photograph on the front page. Its needless to say that Karzai has cast himself as a slightly if not "official" proven sketchy character. In the photo, the Senator is leaning into the ear of Karzai. Both politicians seemingly immersed in a covert conversation. I don't think that the situation is really as suspicious as it looks, but the image is not satisfying.
A very interesting article elsewhere on the front page regarded journalists assigned to witness executions. An Associated Press reporter, Michael Graczyk covers death penalty cases in Houston, Texas. Its a creepy idea. I don't know if that's something I could ever do. I'd rather hope that I would never be able to call witnessing human deaths "routine" in my day-to-day life.
But Afghanistan is still in political unrest and uncertainty at this point. Diplomats have pressed Karzai to concede to a runoff election and at the same time, questioned whether this quickly scrambled-together election will be any securer than the first. Questions regarding the fraud factor still go unanswered. When asked about the fradulent voting, Karzai was quoted as saying, "Now is not the time to discuss this." How typical.
Senator John Kerry was one politician who negotiated with Karzai to accept the results for "20 hours over 5 days" according to the article. I have to say that I don't like the photograph on the front page. Its needless to say that Karzai has cast himself as a slightly if not "official" proven sketchy character. In the photo, the Senator is leaning into the ear of Karzai. Both politicians seemingly immersed in a covert conversation. I don't think that the situation is really as suspicious as it looks, but the image is not satisfying.
A very interesting article elsewhere on the front page regarded journalists assigned to witness executions. An Associated Press reporter, Michael Graczyk covers death penalty cases in Houston, Texas. Its a creepy idea. I don't know if that's something I could ever do. I'd rather hope that I would never be able to call witnessing human deaths "routine" in my day-to-day life.
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