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...strong religious faith, and among Republicans that number rises to 32%. What should worry Republicans, however, is that Romney's numbers are nearly double the closest Republican and still far below George W. Bush's in 2004. They also suggest an opening for Fred Thompson, who is expected the enter the race within weeks. James Dobson may have declared on his radio show that Thompson isn't a Christian, but given the alternatives, social conservatives are likely to disagree...
...Moments after a school bell rings out, there is a grating sound as a tall, metal barricade is rolled into place. Dozens of police and uniformed security officials assume positions guarding the entrances to the campus, and students are searched for mobile phones and other forbidden objects as they enter classroom...
...referendum to be held alongside Taiwan's presidential election in March. It would ask the people whether Taiwan should apply to join the United Nations under the name "Taiwan." After Beijing took over Taiwan's U.N. seat in 1971, the island has failed in its attempt to re-enter the body under its formal national title of "Republic of China." Chen says he doesn't want to compete with China for representation, but to find a global voice for Taiwan's 23 million people. Any application to the U.N. by Taiwan would have no chance of succeeding, because China...
...helped get out the vote during Chen's re-election campaign.) The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has accused Chen of using the referendum as a political ploy, but the party announced last week that it too would back a referendum. The KMT says it will in endorse attempting to enter the U.N. under a name less likely to encounter resistance, such as Chinese Taipei, the name the island's athletes use when competing in the Olympics. Given Chinese nervousness about the issue, it's unlikely that applying to the U.N. under a different name would fare any better...
...well as minority Serbs and their monuments) if full independence is put off too long. For now the U.S. is telling Kosovo Albanians that their time will come. They are urging Serbian leaders to give up their opposition to the plan in exchange for accelerating membership talks to enter the European Union (Serbia wants to grant the province autonomy but not full independence.) European diplomats have raised the possibility of renewing "proximity" talks, starting in September, between Kosovo Albanian and Serbian leaders from Belgrade - thus dealing with part of Russia's requirement. (The two sides, however, have already spent...