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...July, that wish will become a reality. On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet voted unanimously, across party lines, to approve a plan to withdraw troops from the southern Lebanon "security zone" by July. This end to the 15-year occupation by the Israeli Army meets a campaign promise of Prime Minister Ehud Barak--and means relief for Israeli families who live in fear of the call that their child will be sent to Lebanon...
Your move, Mr. Assad. Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak threw down the gauntlet to his Syrian counterpart Sunday, in the form of a cabinet decision to withdraw from south Lebanon by July irrespective of the state of peace negotiations with Syria. And that leaves the Syrian president no easy response on the strategic chessboard of the Mideast's most troubled relationship. "The last thing the Syrians want is a unilateral Israeli withdrawal in Lebanon," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod, "because that would deprive them of one of their most important cards in negotiations with Israel - Syria...
...political landscape. After all, Haider was not a minister in the coalition government of which the Freedom party is the junior member, and he remains governor of the Carinthia province. Nor has his political viability waned; immediately after she ascended to the role of party head, Freedom party cabinet member Susanne Riess-Passer said she wished Haider hadn't stepped down. And in announcing the move, Haider continued his isolationist rhetoric, saying "I don't accept international pressure. We are accustomed to making our own decisions...
Haider said the resignation was simply fueled by a desire to take away the impression that the party's cabinet members were his puppets. But others in the E.U. have expressed fears that the move will allow Haider to exercise more control over the party's national officials from behind the scenes. Observers have also speculated that Haider will distance himself from unpopular government plans, such as tax increases, and thus position himself for a run at the chancellorship in the next general election...
...Across delivered his millennium message from one 2. The Crying Game star 3. Newhart setting 4. 1959 Kingston Trio hit 5. __ Mesic (newly elected Croatian President) 6. Nixon target of the late '40s 7. Dan Glickman's Cabinet dept. 8. Words from the town crier 9. The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring refrain 11. Treat again, as leather 12. Sandler of Big Daddy 14. Gore was mistaken for Prince Charles on his show 16. Soccer standout Hamm 19. __ Lee Masters 20. U.N.-recognized group since 1974 21. Jockey's handful 23. Loop trains 24. __ Lanka 26. Yodeler's perch...