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Barry Bearak (born August 31, 1949, in Chicago) is an American journalist and teacher of journalism who reported for The New York Times from Afghanistan in 2007. Along with his wife Celia W. Dugger, also a New York Times correspondent, Bearak was co-bureau chief of the Times 's South Asia bureau in New Delhi from 1998 to 2002.

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In South Africa, Forgiving Racism Proves Divisive

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa For a speech about reconciliation it could hardly have been more divisive. Jonathan D. Jansen, the new head of the University of the Free State, spoke of the “place of infamy” just 100 yards behind him, the residence hall ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stanford University,  Desmond Tutu,  James Earl Jones

Zambia Judge Clears Editor in Morals Case Over Photos

JOHANNESBURG A Zambian newspaper editor was acquitted Monday on charges of distributing obscene materials with the intent of corrupting public morals, a case filed against her after she sent photos of a woman in childbirth to government officials and ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rupiah Banda

Mozambique Reporting Big Victory For President

JOHANNESBURG A partial count in Mozambique’s elections on Friday shows President Armando E. Guebuza of the Frelimo Party far ahead of his two opponents and likely to finish with around 75 percent of the votes. Frelimo, with much superior financing and ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Frelimo,  Afonso Dhlakama (politician),  European Union

World Briefing | Africa: Mozambique: President’s Re-election Seems Certain

President Armando E. Guebueza of the governing party, Frelimo, appeared to be on his way to re-election in a landslide, according to early and unofficial results announced Thursday on Radio Mozambique. Only a trickle of the returns were reported, and ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Frelimo

Party’s Power in Mozambique Is Criticized as a Barrier to Democracy

MAPUTO, Mozambique There is a leftward lean to this seaside capital. The Urban Style Boutique sits at the corner of Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Lenin. Avenida Mao Zedong dead-ends near a five-star hotel. Commercial banks count their money on Avenida ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Frelimo,  Vladimir Lenin,  Ho Chi Minh,  Mao Zedong,  Armando Guebuza

Love of Designer Threads Adds Flair to Police Corruption Trial in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG The drug trafficker and the police commissioner were once nattily attired pals, or so the allegations go. The two men would shop together here in the finest high-fashion boutiques, occasionally pausing for a cappuccino between expensive ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jackie Selebi,  Louis Vuitton,  BMW,  Hugo Boss,  African National Congress

World Briefing | Africa: Madagascar: Power-Sharing Talks Off

This weekend’s meeting between the island’s four main political groups has been canceled, United Nations mediators announced. The talks were to be held in Geneva with the aim of ironing out details of a power-sharing arrangement in a transitional ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Marc Ravalomanana

World Briefing | Africa: Madagascar: Factions Will Negotiate

Leaders of the island’s four main political groups are scheduled to meet in Geneva this weekend to try again to agree on key transitional government posts. Last week, mediators announced a deal allowing Andry Rajoelina, who came to power in a March ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Andry Rajoelina,  Marc Ravalomanana

Congo and Angola Agree to End Expulsions

JOHANNESBURG Tens of thousands of people some of them wrenched from their homes with only the clothes on their backs have been expelled recently from both Angola and Congo in what has been a tit-for-tat immigration dispute between two of Africa’s ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  World Bank

World Briefing | Africa: Madagascar: Deal on Interim Presidency

Andry Rajoelina, who seized power in March with the military’s support, will remain as president of the country’s transitional government, mediators said late Tuesday, according to news services. The interim presidency apparently comes at a high price, ...

From BARRY BEARAK, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Andry Rajoelina

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