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...allotted to manage the Senate, many among the Capitol's most skilled in moving legislation. Does Frist keep some of them to get the fast start Republicans originally wanted on their bills, even though their first loyalty was to the boss he deposed? To ease the humiliation of the coup for Lott, Frist plans to give him chairmanship of the Rules and Administration Committee. Though it is an inconsequential post, Lott may use it to make some noise. "I have the experience and the background to be very much a player," Lott told the Associated Press. Other Lott allies...
...people to death for their role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila, who was shot in January 2001 by one of his bodyguards. The trial was described as unfair by human-rights organizations. Although prosecutors claimed the murder of Kabila - who seized power in 1997 - was a failed coup attempt, the sentences are unlikely to end speculation about the motives behind it. The defendants appealed to his son and successor, current President Joseph Kabila...
...condemned the raid as an "intolerable" violation of the cease-fire between the government and the main rebel group, the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI). The attack took place in an area controlled by the MPCI 50 km north of a cease-fire line established after a failed MPCI coup in September. French troops had been enforcing the truce, but two other rebel groups continue to fight in the west of the country. CHECHNYA Mandate Denied Russia refused to extend the mandate of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission after the failure of last-minute talks...
...politicians think the E.U. is a Christian club," he said. "This summit showed that this opinion isn't correct." Justice and Development Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan was widely criticized alongside the Americans for being too forceful in his demands, but in effect he pulled off a remarkable diplomatic coup by moving toward membership, even if it's on a slower timetable than he would have liked. "If you'd asked me just two weeks ago whether we'd come to this result, I'd have said no," said Germany's Fischer. By the time it completes negotiations and presumably...
EUROBLUES Driver's Seat They call him the Texan: Paolo Fresco, the white-haired Fiat chairman, who last week staved off an apparent coup orchestrated by an Agnelli brother, Italy's most powerful investment bank and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. When news leaked last Monday that Fresco and CEO Gabriele Galateri were on their way out, Fresco fought back with a fiery interview in La Repubblica, saying he needed to stay to help save the company and that Berlusconi had "gone mad." By Friday, Fiat's board reconfirmed Fresco as chairman. Now Fiat needs to stem losses ahead of what...