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...upon the nomination of deputy governor Shirakawa for the top seat. And on the gasoline surcharge, Fukuda announced on March 27 that he would free up the gas tax revenues now dedicated to building roads for general spending from fiscal 2009 to 2010, in an attempt to break the deadlock over the gasoline surcharge issue - although it didn't work. Neither did the proposal of Hiroshi Watanabe, the person Fukuda nominated on Monday for the deputy governor position. Again, the DPJ was expected to veto a former official of the Ministry of Finance. In terms of BOJ nominees, it looks...
...months later. Since then, however, Lebanon has been mired in deep political crisis, in which the Western-backed government and its supporters are at loggerheads with a pro-Syrian opposition. The United States and its Arab allies, including regional giants Saudi Arabia and Egypt, blame Syria for the deadlock in Lebanon, which has left the country without a president since November. In a snub to Damascus, half the 22 heads of state invited to attend the Arab League summit sent low-ranking delegations instead, or in Lebanon's case boycotted the event entirely...
...Most analysts predict Lebanon's political paralysis to continue, possibly into next year with the players dragging out the deadlock until after the U.S. presidential election. The one factor that could disrupt the stalemate, however, is if Bellemare begins issuing indictments for the Hariri murder...
...capitalize.”After the Crimson took an early 1-0 lead less than five minutes into the first period, the opening frame carried on with fast-paced, back-and-forth action between the two teams, but neither squad could manage to find the back of the net.That deadlock would change drastically in the beginning of the second, when the Wisconsin offense came to life to explode for three goals within the first seven minutes of the period.Just 0:18 seconds into the second, the Badgers took the puck into the Harvard zone and forward Erika Lawler wrapped around...
...bout of global financial instability not seen in years, Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has no central bank governor. Toshihiko Fukui, the current Bank of Japan (BoJ) chief, has packed his bags-his five-year term ended at midnight, March 19-and due to a political deadlock in Japan's parliament, it may be weeks before a successor is appointed...