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...school that does not reflect their values and once for a school that does. But last term Rehnquist correctly held that parents should be able to choose between using a voucher at a religious and at a secular school. This decision does more in a practical way for religious freedom than the court has ever done before...
...hope, for the sake of those who suffered under the two brothers, that they are punished for their crimes. Iraq's freedom will not be complete until Uday and Qusay are captured. For Iraqis, that day will truly be a day of celebration. MOHAMMED AL-HILLI Wembley, England...
...movies can't be all bad. So WOODY ALLEN is appearing--sans fee--in a promotional video from the French Government Tourist Office urging Americans to bury the hatchet. He says the two nations should put their differences behind them so, among other things, he doesn't "have to freedom-kiss my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her." The French...
...this were Indonesia or even Burma?two countries unlikely to win press-freedom or human-rights awards any time soon?the journalists would most likely have been questioned and, after pressure was applied by foreign embassies and rights groups, released?albeit relieved of their notebooks and film. This, however, is Laos?a country that seems on the surface to be laid-back and peaceful. On the popular tourist trail between Vientiane and Luang Prabang, charming guesthouses serve fresh baguettes and coffee and offer unrestricted Internet access. Some journalists and diplomats have in the past dubbed the country's doddering apparatchiks...
China's leadership is drafting an overhaul of its communist-era constitution that would include guarantees of private-property rights. But freedom of the press will probably not be part of any charter-reform package. In its latest attempt to rein in the country's increasingly boisterous media, the Party's Publicity Department?formerly the Ministry of Propaganda?this month ordered the closure of the Beijing New Times newspaper after it ran an article criticizing China's congress. The department also forbade coverage of other sensitive topics, including Jiang Yanyong, the doctor who exposed the government's cover...