POLITICS THIS WEEK.

Source :: Economist. 3/10/2001, Vol. 358 Issue 8212, p6-6. 1p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Presents brief news reports about world politics, for the week of March 10, 2001. Formation of coalition government by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon; Stampede during Muslims' annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia; United Nation Security Council's ban on diamond sales from Liberia; Resignation of Zimbabwe's Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay; Election of Cape Verdean President Pedro Pires; Protests against violence by refugees from Zanzibar who fled to Kenya; China's defense spending.