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...here's the twist: years later, both sets of reforms have happened anyway. The national pension system was revamped three years ago. The Finance Ministry, long a bastion of public-sector inefficiency, is today one of the few government departments that is successfully reducing its head count, cutting costs and improving productivity. So, if the truly "normal state of affairs" prevails in France, some watered-down version of Villepin's employment measures may well creep through at some point in the future. France is spectacularly good at saying non. Naysayers are often fêted in heroic, Joan...
...prevent a Republican hemorrhage in the fall but might even produce accomplishments for Bush in his lame-duck years. The new chief recognizes that he needs to show results quickly, since aides have claimed to be rebooting the second term so many times (at least three, by TIME's count) that even their allies have lost track. The revamps have come every few months and then been hit by unexpected crises like the uproar a proposal to let a Dubai company operate some key U.S. ports...
...young Nepalese have clashed with police and soldiers along a ring road surrounding the city, hurling bricks, burning barricades of tires, and dodging tear gas, baton charges and the occasional live round. Last Thursday police shot dead three people in the southwest neighborhood of Kalanki, according to the body count at the city's Model Hospital, where staff said two were killed by pistol shots to the head. On Saturday the protesters got to within blocks of the palace before being repelled by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets. At least 14 people have died nationwide. Protesters claim...
...board. The approach was clearly mistaken from the start. We needed centralization and accountability, not the multiplication of elections and bureaucracy.But most members of the UC do not seem to realize the connection between the two events. As late as last week’s UC meeting, you could count on one hand the supporters of direct elections. When asked about future reform, Haddock said, “Everything is on the table.” I hope the following weeks will herald a much-needed bill favoring direct elections. Our UC representatives need to do what?...
...Frustrated prosecutors, not surprisingly, weren't willing to admit defeat. So to spare his family the emotional havoc of a retrial, al-Arian cut a deal. After months of negotiations, the Feds announced this week that the USF professor had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide services to the PIJ, such as immigration assistance to its members and lying about a former associate's affiliation with the terrorist group. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 1. But though guidelines call for 46 to 57 months in prison, al-Arian, who was born in Kuwait...