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...India began the thaw, with a plan worked out between Vajpayee and a formerly obscure Indian bureaucrat, Brajesh Mishra, a 72-year-old chain-smoker from the Prime Minister's home state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. A former ambassador to China, Mishra is now the Prime Minister's most trusted adviser, his Principal Secretary and his National Security chief. Rivals describe him as the second-most powerful man in India. In 1999, Mishra overturned Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani's threatened "hot pursuit" policy in Kashmir, which would have involved crossing the Line of Control and striking...
...four other people were severely burned. The Chinese stance on issues such as Falun Gong, which was outlawed by the government in 1999, has drawn objections from both human rights groups and other nations?in a conversation between new U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and outgoing Chinese ambassador to the U.S., Li Zhaoxing, Powell raised the Falun Gong issue, and late last week a U.S. State Department official called on the Chinese to release ?all those detained or imprisoned for peacefully exercising their internationally recognized rights to freedom of religion, freedom of belief and freedom of conscience...
...said during his confirmation hearings that if confirmed as attorney general he would "not make sexual orientation a matter to be considered in hiring or firing," but many of his opponents have strongly questioned that commitment. Among the most notable skeptics is James Hormel, the openly gay former U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, whose 1997 nomination was stymied by resistance led by Ashcroft - resistance Democrats maintain was related to Hormel's sexuality. After weeks of silence, Hormel now actively opposes Ashcroft's nomination, saying, "I am extremely disturbed that he was nominated for this very sensitive post, and it concerns...
...helped defeat James Hormel's nomination to be ambassador to Luxembourg because Hormel is openly gay, arguing Hormel would promote a sinful lifestyle...
Richardson's public service career began with his election to the U.S. Congress in 1982 from one of New Mexico's largest and most ethnically diverse districts. Richardson served eight terms until his resignation in 1997 to serve as United Nations Ambassador. In 1998, President Bill Clinton appointed him Secretary of Energy...