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...losing support because voters wrongly think the referendum is linked to Turkish E.U. membership (widely opposed in France) or officially surrenders social protections to the free market (as some politicians complain). Others may simply want to punish Raffarin and President Jacques Chirac for unpopular domestic policies like cutting civil-service jobs and trimming social benefits. The Dutch are facing a similarly volatile poll. Most people say they intend to vote on June 1, but a large chunk of the electorate is undecided - and the ranks of the yes camp are thinning as concerns grow over immigration and anger rises...
...serious danger. The Justice Department was turned down last year in a similar effort to get patient data, as it fought legal challenges to the federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortion. Why does Kline think he will succeed where the feds failed? "That was a civil matter," says a spokesman. "This is a criminal investigation." --By Wendy Cole
...TIME: If Syria leaves Lebanon, could there be another civil...
...Amin Gemayel: Between who and who? All the parties are in the same room around one table discussing openly the future of a democratic and free country. Hizballah is the last party in Lebanon to be military equipped. But it hasn't any interest in starting another civil war. It would become isolated in Lebanon and abroad and lose everything they won in the resistance against Israel. It would be political suicide for Hizballah to encourage a civil war. (Hizballah leader) Hassan Nasrallah on the day of the assassination called for a dialogue for the historic reconciliation...
...know that civil acts of disobedience are effective means of change, and the time is now,” she said. “If he doesn’t announce big change now, it’s unlikely to happen...