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...government was never in question because the LDP retains a majority of the parliamentary seats that weren't up for election, the outcome has been a major blow to Koizumi, one that may cripple his ability to push through many of the financial-reform initiatives he has declared crucial to the remainder of his term (which is scheduled to end in the fall...
...National Bank of Poland - but the judgment seems stunningly irrelevant. No one thinks France and Germany will be punished, or get their deficits under the pact's ceiling, anytime soon. And the euro doesn't seem to be hurting from the violations - which raises the question of how crucial the stability and growth pact is in the first place. - With reporting by Tadeusz L. Kucharski Cutting Hedge The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to avert fraud in the growing $850 billion hedge fund industry, took a step toward requiring the funds' advisers to register with the regulator and open...
This case, he said, was “something of a door opener in general for patents on life—[a] highly crucial and symbolic case...
...domestic audience, the Bush administration's hand-over of sovereign authority in Baghdad on June 28 was intended to mark a light at the end of the Iraq tunnel - a crucial step toward making the problems in Iraq mostly the problems of Iraqis. But for U.S. troops in the country and their families back home, the worrying news has hardly skipped a beat. In the 16 days since U.S. administrator J. Paul Bremer handed over the keys to Iraqi interim prime minister Iyad Allawi, some 35 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq. The number of insurgent attacks continue...
Viewers may find the spectacle something of a rerun of the overtly inclusionary 2000 convention; campaign officials are again asking state delegations to stress diversity. Projecting such an image is crucial after weeks of strident exchanges between the parties, culminating in Vice President Cheney's outburst at Democratic Senator Pat Leahy last week. Cheney will get a prime-time spot too, of course, but insiders say he's unlikely to join in the gentler approach. "Cheney soften?" says a Bush official. "Don't bet on it." --By John F. Dickerson