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...plan entailed a comprehensive screening process to remove those involved in the violence, followed by a six-month mentoring period for officers, a five-day training course and later a firearms certification course. Ninety-five per cent of the force has now undergone retraining, and in the New Year the first districts are expected to be returned to PNTL control as Australia withdraws 100 of its troops. Assuming the force meets certain benchmarks, the East Timorese government intends the PNTL to be responsible for about 70% of the nation's security...
Congress returns to Washington this week for a five-day lame-duck session, and Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for the first skirmishes in what promises to be a war to remake the U.S. economy. Fights are breaking out within the parties too. Liberal and centrist Democrats are arguing over how fast to push their agenda. Republicans in the Bush Administration and Congress are split over whether to continue deep intervention in the markets. (Read "10 Things to Do with Your Money Right...
...first raised the specter of voter fraud several weeks ago, when it argued against a novel "golden week" - a five-day period in early October during which new voters could go to boards of election to both register and vote at the same time. The ORP argued that simultaneous registration and voting didn't allow election officials to verify voters' identities. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Ohio secretary of state...
After an epic five-day swoon, Asian stock markets stabilized Thursday as investors took heart from a string of worldwide interest-rate cuts aimed at lessening the risk of a global recession...
...that halved the Tories' lead from 20 points to 10. Cameron and his colleagues planned to use their conference to win back the initiative and the limelight. That chance was torpedoed when the House of Representatives rejected the bailout package on Sept. 29 - the exact midpoint of Tory's five-day conference...