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...strength. In the 35 years since the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down, abortion has reigned as the single most controversial issue in American politics. Nevertheless, G.O.P. presidential candidates have demonstrated a remarkable ability to strike a politically successful balance, quietly reassuring their conservative base of their anti-abortion commitment while publicly hewing to language that appeals to the pro-choice majority...
...arrest of two reporters who covered a high-profile corruption scandal within the transport ministry has been seen as a blow against anti-corruption efforts...
...What motivated Pelosi and the Democrats to incur the wrath of their liberal base and allow one of the Administration's most controversial anti-terror policies to be extended? A mix of politics, pragmatism and some significant concessions...
...First of all, Pelosi wanted the issue off the table for the political campaign this fall. Despite anti-G.O.P. sentiment in the country and record low popularity for President George W. Bush, Democrats still trail on national security, and that could hurt them in Congress. Stonewalling the Administration and letting the surveillance powers expire could have cost the Democrats swing seats they won in 2006 as well as new ones they have a chance to steal from Republicans this November. "For any Republican-leaning district this would have been a huge issue," says a top Pelosi aide, who estimates...
...willing to make, given that so many countries are already skittish over immigration. Last year alone, 20,000 people arrived in Italy by sea, most of them on rickety vessels from Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa; about half that number will seek asylum in the E.U. With anti-immigrant sentiment growing, the European Parliament this week passed tough new common immigration guidelines that allow E.U. countries to hold illegal migrants for up to 18 months before expelling them. And in the U.S., Congress has allocated $1.2 billion to extend and improve the anti-immigration fence along the Mexican...