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...identifying Bush’s lack of a clear mandate. As his administration has stumbled about searching for a compelling issue to form the centerpiece of his second term in office, Bush has relinquished effective control over his own party and whatever trust Democrats and liberals were willing to extend him in the wake of the election...
...other proposals suggest constructing a new crossing entirely. One plan would extend the existing MBTA bus tunnel in Harvard and Brattle Squares underneath the Charles to emerge near Harvard Stadium...
TIME Would you be willing to extend a moratorium on Iran's nuclear development in exchange for improved cooperation and improved relations with the West...
...inherited the presidency after the death of his father Hafez in 2000. Hariri had tried to court the younger Assad, but by last summer the two men were on a collision course. First Assad ordered Hariri to support a change to Lebanon's constitution that would extend the tenure of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, 68, a former Lebanese general widely viewed as a Syrian puppet. Assad believed that Hariri was behind U.N. Resolution 1559, a measure sponsored last year by the U.S. and France demanding that Syria withdraw its remaining 14,000 troops from Lebanon. A well-placed Western diplomat...
...Prime Minister recounted his humiliation. He sobbed on his friend's shoulder when they touched on the topic a few days later. "To them, we are all ants," Hariri told an aide. But after consulting with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Hariri decided to back Syria's plan to extend Lahoud's term. On Sept. 3, the Lebanese parliament voted 96-29 to further Lahoud's term by three years...