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...Marwan Barghouti to withdraw from the race. (The most authoritative Palestinian polls suggest Barghouti would have beaten Abbas by four percentage points.) Many of their grassroots members are also the rank-and-file of Abbas?s uniformed Palestinian security services, on whom he would have to rely in any crackdown. Hamas, meanwhile, has moved into the mainstream of Palestinian politics, and in recent municipal elections in Gaza its candidates handily thrashed those of Abbas?s own Fatah movement. While Abbas was certainly democratically elected, his mandate comes as much from the Al Aqsa Brigades as from supporters...
...controlled funeral in Beijing of ousted Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, who died Jan. 17. After the ceremony, the official Xinhua News Agency released an obituary referring to Zhao's "serious mistakes" in dealing with the 1989 student protests. Zhao was deposed after opposing that summer's Tiananmen Square crackdown. MEANWHILE IN MALAWI... Justice on Wheels High court and supreme court judges ended a six-day strike after accepting a government offer to replace their aging Toyota Corollas with a fleet of new four-wheel-drive vehicles. The judges, who complained that their old cars needed constant maintenance, had originally...
...crackdown on cold pills is the latest example of what pharmacists say is an attempt to turn them into police officers, and many don't like it. The Minnesota Pharmacists Association is trying to head off a bill limiting sales of pseudoephedrine to adults over the age of 18. The legislation, says the group's CEO, Julie Johnson, would require more than 300 products containing pseudoephedrine to be kept behind counters. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores warns that customers would have fewer choices of brands and longer waits in line, while big retailers would have to contend with...
...born-again Christian and evangelical pastor, Minkow explains his religious devotion in one breath and in the next delves into the nitty-gritty of financial shakedowns. Though lately the press has focused attention on the crackdown on corporate fraud--with WorldCom executives finally coming to trial, for example--he says everyday Ponzi schemes are more prevalent than ever. According to the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center, $40 billion is lost every year to such investor swindles. Current low interest rates are making matters worse, Minkow says, because retirees on fixed incomes are more vulnerable to shysters who promise higher...
...Although his rise to power betrayed little of his political leanings, Hu had left hints that he was more open to political change than his predecessor, Jiang Zemin. He rose through the ranks of the Party's more liberal organs, such as the Communist Youth League, helped terminate a crackdown on intellectuals in the early 1980s, and urged high-ranking cadres to study foreign political systems in the 1990s. Since assuming China's top posts?Hu replaced Jiang as Party chief in late 2002, then as President in 2003 and as commander in chief last September?Hu and his Premier...