Abstract
Three veteran Commonwealth prime ministers stepped down—Jean Chretien of Canada after 10 years, Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius after a total of 16, and Mohamad Mahathir of Malaysia after 22. The new faces were Paul Martin, Paul Berenger and Abdullah Badawi. India and Pakistan edged towards talking peace, but in Sri Lanka the peace process halted when the president suspended parliament and clashed head‐on with her prime minister. Serious rioting hit the Maldives. The shutting down of the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe came when new 1000 dollar notes would not even buy a loaf of bread. In London a judge turned down the claim for compensation by the long‐evicted islanders of Diego Garcia.
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