| 1 | Worse than the hunger, say local leaders, is the thirst. | |
| 2 | Looking at a severed head, ''he spat and wiped his mouth. | |
| 3 | But what concerned him, he says, was the thought that leaders in his village might not welcome him. | |
| 4 | They subscribe to a kind of "ninja leader" act that is as unreasonable as it is unattainable. | |
| 5 | They have also appointed a head of the petroleum industry and the central bank just a few days ago. |