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MEMI SOFER, BE'ER SHEVA, ISRAEL...
...high and platinum prices set records, a new bill was being debated by the House Natural Resources Committee, which could force the mines to pay up. For 135 years, the mines have taken wealth out of the public domain under the protection of the General Mining Law - a let-'er-rip relic of the wild frontier past that allows mines to stake claims on almost any federal land. Since the law's enactment in 1872, the U.S. government has given away more than $245 billion in mineral reserves through patenting or royalty-free mining, says Rep. Nick Rahall, the West...
...Party officials say they are not surprised by their strong lead. They say they are voicing what millions of voters believe: that Switzerland's large immigrant population of 1.5 million people - roughly 22% of the population - is causing social strains and a rise in crime. Ulrich Schlüer, a leading Swiss People's Party legislator and a newspaper editor, claims that no other country in Europe has such a high proportion of foreigners. He acknowledges that the party's support is weighted heavily towards German-speaking east and northern Switzerland, but says: "Everybody in Switzerland understands the poster...
...says their target is not all foreigners, but those who commit serious crimes like rape and murder; they point out that about 70% of those in Swiss prisons are foreign-born residents. Schlüer says that the waves of African and Balkan refugees during the past two decades are evidence enough of Switzerland's openness. "Integration is a success," he says. Yet it is largely because of its anti-immigrant stance that the party's ranks have soared; the SVP has nearly doubled its members of parliament since 1995, from 29 to 55 this year. That number could increase...
...party has also proposed banning Muslims from erecting minarets, which Schlüer says is "a political symbol." More than 50,000 people have already signed that petition. And Schlüer says the party is keen to abolish a federal law banning racial incitement and discrimination, and to ban Muslim girls from wearing headscarves in public schools. "In school we want to see their faces," Schlüer says, adding: "And it is part of our constitution that everybody is equal...