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...takes effect on June 30, to eliminate the de facto veto power it grants the Kurdish minority over a permanent constitution. Sistani did, however, advise his supporters on the Iraqi Governing Council to sign the document, because failure to do so would have provoked a crisis that could delay the July 1 hand-over of power by the U.S. And Sistani and the Shiites are so keen to see the U.S. out that they're willing to deal with the Kurdish veto later. (The Kurds, incidentally, believe the interim constitution granted them a de facto state that included Kirkuk...
...threatened to kill U.N.-sponsored election teams and burn down schools and mosques where Afghans are signing up to vote. Karzai said last week that the elections may be postponed because of lagging voter registration. Despite the Bush Administration's desire to trumpet the birth of Afghan democracy, a delay is almost inevitable. "We should have five years to pull off these elections, not four months," says a U.N. official. Lieut. Colonel Christopher Bentley, U.S. commander for security in Kandahar, concurs: "The country is not ready. [The election] will probably have to be pushed back. We've still...
...Haiti's poor but now widely reviled as a corrupt and incompetent autocrat, vowed he would serve out his five-year term, which ends in 2006. But the Bush Administration added to Aristide's woes late last week, recommending that he step down. The U.S. also urged Philippe to delay his attack on the capital. The media-savvy guerrilla agreed to comply...
...rest is prescribed for more than 700,000 pregnant women each year to treat complications and delay premature delivery. Although some situations may demand it, the doctor's orders are often more harmful than helpful, according to a study of women with high-risk pregnancies reported in Biological Research for Nursing. Bed rest's downside for both mom and baby is that it contributes to weight loss in the mother in the later stages of pregnancy, just when weight gain is so important. That can translate into a lower birth weight for the baby. Moms who took...
Greenspan's most jarring rant was his call for Social Security reform. He wants to cut future payouts and delay the age at which people can collect. He would shrink future checks by indexing annual adjustments to an inflation gauge that runs a half point below the Consumer Price Index now used. He didn't offer a new retirement age, but 70 is a nice round number...