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...taxes. The armed forces, which have a habit of intervening in Pakistani politics, are displeased with the Prime Minister, and some analysts fear that Nawaz Sharif's actions may increase friction between the pro-Western secularists and religious extremists within the ranks. Warns Maleeha Lodi, a newspaper editor and former ambassador to Washington: "Nawaz Sharif is trying to wrap himself in Islam. Perhaps he doesn't know that this will drive deeper wedges into a society that's already badly fragmented...
...former Clinton aide has expressed doubts about the Morris story. But Morris or not, the polls back in January were absolutely clear: if Clinton lied under oath, 63% of Americans thought he should resign...
...THREE SONS On TV it was Mike, Robbie and Chip. In the Minnesota gubernatorial race it was Mike, Teddy and Skip--as in Mike Freeman, son of former Governor Orville; Ted Mondale, son of former Vice President Walter; and Skip Humphrey [3], son of former Vice President Hubert. Skip won. He'll face Republican Norm Coleman and Reform candidate Jesse ("the Body") Ventura...
...Neill famously said that all politics is local. Proving that point, Somerville mayor Michael Capuano [4] won the Democratic primary for O'Neill's old House seat (once also held by J.F.K.), swaying voters with aggressive campaigning. That tactic was better than that of his closest competition, former Boston mayor and Vatican ambassador Ray Flynn, who showed pictures of himself with the Pope and Mother Teresa...
DIED. YANG SHANGKUN, 91, former Chinese President and unreconstructed Marxist who in 1989 gave the order for the People's Liberation Army to fire on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square; in Beijing. A veteran of the Long March, Shangkun was an acolyte of Mao Zedong, and later his victim, imprisoned for 12 years during the Cultural Revolution. Rehabilitated in 1978, he was put in charge of the army by longtime revolutionary compatriot Deng Xiaoping...