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PAKISTAN Clampdown President Pervez Musharraf issued instructions to officials to step up moves against terrorist groups after a grenade attack on a Protestant church in Islamabad's diplomatic enclave during Sunday service killed five worshipers. Pakistan's Information Minister, Nisar Memon, blamed militant Islamic groups, possibly even al-Qaeda operatives. The U.S. ordered the withdrawal of all non-essential personnel from Pakistan...
...Right now, in the interests of the anti-terror coalition, the U.S. needs Arafat to crack down on the militants and Israel to show more restraint. And on both ends, that's a tough call: Arafat will be hard-pressed to sustain any clampdown if he has nothing to show for it, even more so while Israeli forces remain inside PA territory. Ordinary Palestinians are unlikely to accept the arrest of Zeevi's assassins while Israeli forces continue to conduct assassinations of their own. And while Sharon's Labor Party partners may wring their hands and threaten to quit...
...Last week his frustration came to the boil. Two journalists-Joseph Winter of the bbc and Mercedes Sayagues, who works for a South African weekly highly critical of the Mugabe regime-were expelled from Harare. The government cited work-permit problems, but the moves were clearly part of a clampdown on the foreign press and on reporting of the catastrophic situation in Zimbabwe. Mugabe also invited diplomats to a reception in Harare to rail about the activity of foreign "dirty hands," especially in last year's general election: his 20-year rule was rocked by an opposition party, the Movement...
...years ago, threatened with a clampdown by an angry Congress, airlines promised to improve their customer service and reliability. Yet within the next few weeks, the Transportation Department's inspector general is expected to report that the airlines have failed to live up to all their pledges. Even though their scheduling patterns and booming growth contribute to the mess, it's not all the airlines' fault. Bigger solutions are needed. Next month the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will convene a national summit to ask what can be done to solve the crisis. Right now, we offer five proposals...
...DEADBEAT CLAMPDOWN This month some Virginia parents are receiving pink or blue booties, courtesy of the state. The boots, though, are the kind that clamp onto a tire and will be used to immobilize the cars of egregiously deadbeat dads or moms. A window sticker accompanies each boot: "This vehicle has been seized by the sheriff for unpaid child support." The pioneering state shame-on-you plan is an expansion of a Fairfax County program that has netted $347,000 from 70 parents in two years...