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...alliance with the Islamist party may be as likely to handicap ElBaradei's movement as it would boost it. For one thing, it could hasten repression by the state: since 2005, the regime has cracked down hard on the organization, extracting a heavy price for its participation in politics. And some see the cooperative attitude from the Brothers - including a spate of recent Brotherhood-initiated attempts at dialogue with other opposition groups - as a response to the battering they're taking from the regime. (See pictures of Mohamed ElBaradei...
Krame says that passing the bill would be the worst action the government could take in combating crime allegedly committed via Twitter and Facebook. Twitter, some observers say, has allowed citizens to become amateur journalists, thus fulfilling a huge need in Mexico, where many broadcast and print media outlets have refrained from publishing certain news stories because of the threat of retribution from the cartels. Four journalists have been killed this year because of reporting on drug-related issues...
...worker would have entered her house and interviewed her extensively about her reasons for adopting and her preparations for parenthood. Social workers in these circumstances also typically educate would-be parents about the challenges that are likely to emerge post-adoption - all of which makes the notion that Hansen could have been blindsided by her son's difficulties almost as shocking as the difficulties themselves...
...voters to the polls on May 6. The stakes are high. The Conservatives' lead in opinion polls is too narrow to guarantee an outright victory, and that might allow the Labour government to hang on by the skin of its teeth (Britain's electoral system favors incumbents), or it could result in a hung parliament, with Liberal Democrats and other smaller parties holding the balance of power...
...cadre of Vatican Cardinals, would whip the Roman Curia into shape. Instead, starting with Bertone, he chose to play defense. Says a longtime Vatican observer: "He knew the place well and saw a lot of long knives. He wanted loyalty above all else and chose people whom he could trust blindly, and hoped they could learn...