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...five state governments, the FDP has elbowed its way up to the table and can block laws in the upper house. FDP chairman Guido Westerwelle, who meets Merkel this week for talks, is eager to test his new power by forcing Merkel to revise her €50 billion economic stimulus package to include deeper income tax cuts and fewer cash incentives to consumers, such as the €2,500 handout designed to persuade Germans to trade in their old cars for new models. Whether or not Westerwelle prevails, the shifting balance of power will have an impact in Germany...
...self-dealing among politicians of every party and was openly critical of a government that demanded absolute loyalty from the media. On Jan. 8, he joined the long list of the silenced. He was driving to work when two men on motorcycles swerved in front of his car to block its path. Two others pulled up on either side, smashed the car's windows and shot him. Wickrematunge died of his injuries a few hours later. The four masked gunmen disappeared. (See pictures of Sri Lanka...
...made a pretty compelling case," she said. McCaskill still wasn't quite ready to promise her vote, but others apparently were. Enough Democrats left Tuesday's meeting ready to support Obama that Senate majority leader Harry Reid afterward told reporters, "I think we will get the necessary votes" to block the resolution in a vote expected on Thursday. It was a sharp change from earlier in the morning, when his office had expressed doubts that they had the votes, even though Dems, who hold 58 seats right now, only need to produce a simple majority...
Perrelli, managing partner at the Jenner & Block law firm in Washington, D.C., was picked to be the associate attorney general. He has previously served as deputy assistant attorney general. If confirmed, Perrelli would oversee civil rights among other issues...
...only thing that is certain is that every symbol of Hamas' rule in Gaza, every government building, police station and office block, has been replaced by a very large hole. It will take years for Hamas to rebuild Gaza's infrastructure and to offer basic services to the war-dazed 1.5 million Palestinians inside the sealed-off territory...