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Elections everywhere reflect certain national characteristics.
Full story Sharon's extra acre. Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon recently gave an interview to the respected French daily - Le Figaro. From this emerged a chilling insight into Sharon's strategy for his country. Sharon is sometimes described as a 'hard negotiator'. The election of a new Prime Minister for Japan, the sale of advanced weapons by the US to Taiwan and the jailing of former President Estrada in the Philippines are seemingly unrelated events that could none the less have a significant and long lasting impact on the future political and economic life of the region.