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...what does this mean for the future of the country? It is a very big problem. It means that dictatorship will be sustained until it is reversed. It is a clear breach of the understanding that Musharraf has with my party. We have been engaged with him for a period of time for a negotiated peaceful transfer to democracy. He has promised to retire as army chief. He has promised to hold fair elections, and implement fair election reform. Contrary to these promises, he has imposed emergency without consulting me. We advised him against doing this. And he chose...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has repeatedly used the politically provocative term "rupture" to characterize the sweeping reforms he hopes will force a break with France's socio-economic past. On Thursday, Sarkozy will be getting his first major taste of opposition to his quest to create such a breach: massive public sector strikes that will not only shape the future of Sarkozy's entire reformist drive - but perhaps his entire presidency as well...
Healing the Breach...
...Later that year, however, a Harvard investigation found Berkowitz’s allegations “clearly without merit.” Berkowitz spent over a year wrangling with the grievance process., which he felt was also compromised. In March of 2000, Berkowitz sued Harvard for breach of contract. His petition was ultimately denied, but not before the case reached the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts...
Lieut. Colonel Ed Bush, military spokesman, on the discovery that two Guantnamo detainees were wearing unauthorized underwear and swim trunks. As the Navy investigated the security breach, the attorney representing the Speedo wearer noted that his client "is hardly in a position to go swimming, since the only available water is the toilet in his cell...