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...Vatican announced last week that it would offer customers of TIM, Italy's largest mobile phone operator, an SMS prayer, saint or gospel each day - for a mere €.15. For now, the service is only available in Italian, but plans are in the works to extend the holy messages to other languages and countries. So the Pope's European flock can look forward to invocations like last Wednesday's: "Oh Lord, make me give of myself freely without expecting anything in return." Marketers are definitely looking for something in return for SMS campaigns that cost anywhere from...
...plan, first reported by TIME last week, to offer amnesty to senior Iraqi officials to encourage them to depose Saddam. The Saudi proposal would require a U.N. Security Council resolution declaring amnesty for the vast majority of Iraqi officials if they orchestrate a transition of power. The amnesty would extend to all but 100 or so of the most senior Baath Party members. "Politically, there would be nothing better for President Bush than to remove Saddam and disarm Iraq without firing a shot," a Western diplomat told TIME. "All along, Washington's hope has been that as pressure gets high...
...concrete plan to encourage Iraqi generals to overthrow Saddam and his clique. Western and Arab diplomats say the Saudi proposal requires a UN Security Council resolution declaring amnesty for the vast majority of Iraqi officials if they orchestrate a transition of power in Baghdad. Such an amnesty would extend to all but 100 to 120 of the most senior Baath Party officials, including Saddam, his sons, close relatives and others who have long formed part of the ruling circle. It would be offered immediately prior to the outbreak of war as a signal to Saddam's generals that the time...
When the Supreme Court considers how far the protections of free speech extend to commercial claims later this year, a Harvard Law School professor will be on the front lines...
...left the White House little choice but to seek to improve on the Clinton agreement in negotiations with North Korea. While a variety of proposals are under consideration, the Bush team will certainly seek to greatly expand the verification mechanisms of any new agreement, and will want to extend it to North Korea's missile exports. They'll also want the Yongbon nuclear facility that North Korea recently reopened dismantled, rather than simply frozen - the 1994 agreement includes this step only after the delivery to North Korea of two light-water nuclear reactors by U.S. allies, but Bush Administration officials...