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...thirds majority required to begin impeaching him. That portends a potential deadlock between a President determined to see out his term and an opposition-dominated government that believes Lahoud was involved in the murder of former Premier Rafik Hariri. "How can you have Lahoud sitting around the same Cabinet table with ministers who are united by the one thought that he is responsible for the death of their historic leader?" asks Chibli Mallat, professor of international law at St. Joseph University in Beirut. And as this stalemate deepens, Lebanese fear that another assassin's bomb will be used...
Today Anaya's options seem more limited than ever. Much of the Governor's proposed program remains unrealized; he has been vilified by lawmakers; his cabinet has been racked by a dozen firings and resignations. Worst of all, two former state Democratic officials have been convicted of attempted extortion and three others have been indicted for taking bribes, including Anaya's secretary for health and environment, Joseph Johnson, who was charged last week. Although state law forbids a Governor to succeed himself, Anaya would probably not run for re-election if he could: a poll of voters taken last year...
...been on the job for almost a month, but Philippine President Corazon Aquino is still proceeding carefully. Her deliberative approach was evident at the first full meeting of her Cabinet. The new President had been expected to take some forceful action during the session. But instead, after more than two hours, the only tangible result was that Aquino had formed three committees: one to study the question of declaring the Aquino administration a revolutionary government, another to tackle the reorganization of local government, and a third to chart new directions for the country's economy...
...conditioned doghouse is hard to say. Even before the bequest that may make her one of the world's wealthiest women, she cut a swath through auction houses, and recently spent a staggering $4.8 million for a drawing by Raphael and $1.5 million for a Louis XVI cabinet...
...Post Employment Act of 1986, there should be little mystery about its true target. The legislation, drafted by South Carolina Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, would bar key federal officeholders from ever lobbying for foreign governments or corporations. It would apply retroactively to anyone who had once served in a Cabinet or sub-Cabinet job, or in one of the 25 top posts on the White House staff. Such as . . . oh, Michael Deaver, for example...