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...immigration win - which may grant temporary U.S. legal status to millions of Mexican migrant workers - can help him revive other reforms, from tax policies to the judicial system. Fox started his presidency with an amazing 80% approval rating. And he has scored some important wins - Mexico's first serious crackdown on drug lords and the opening to public scrutiny of its corrupt and cryptic bureaucracy. In a nation where Presidents have long ruled like Aztec Emperors, Fox eschews executive fiat and has so far avoided the ego-driven financial catastrophes that marked Mexico's last four presidencies. As a former...
...there are bona fide tourists dropping ill in the streets, of course we will do what we have to do, but we are not mugs." John Reid, U.K. Health Secretary, announcing a crackdown on "health tourists" taking advantage of free medical service...
...After Pakistan's full-blooded support of the U.S. in the Afghan war, revenge from al-Qaeda and the Taliban was expected, especially as many of them are believed to be hiding out in remote tribal areas of Pakistan itself. With his crackdown on the militants?many of whom Pakistan had previously trained and helped sneak into the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir?Musharraf has been playing a perilously nuanced game. To satisfy both the U.S. and India, he closed the offices and training camps of militant organizations, but has yet to dismantle them. For his efforts, he's been...
...what they wanted," the Administration official continues. "They now feel that the only course open to them is violence. That, I hope, is a sign of desperation and not of strength." And the murder attempts might backfire on the militants, the official adds, goading Musharraf into a crackdown similar to the one in Saudi Arabia, where 600 suspects were arrested after suicide bombings against foreign residential compounds in Riyadh killed 35 people last May. "Pakistan is now fighting its own very clear war against terrorism," the official says. "It's not just helping...
...fear is that jihadists will seek to strike in Britain as the holidays near. Last year's Christmas season came amid high anxiety but proved blessedly uneventful, but this year the country has even more reason to be tense. Once accused of being lax toward extremists, Britain's crackdown on Britain-based radicals--plus Prime Minister Tony Blair's backing of the war in Iraq--may have made London a prime target. "Both sides have reached a point of confrontation," says Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in London. "Terrorists might...