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...attend or whether delegates will be able to speak freely. Some delegates were sentenced to long jail terms for criticizing the last convention, which collapsed in 1996. All this fuels the suspicion that the generals merely want the upcoming convention to rubber-stamp a constitution that would preserve their grip on power...
...Arabs going to believe, the Bush administration or Ariel Sharon? According to President Bush, Sharon's plan to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza while consolidating his grip on key West Bank settlements is a bold new start and an important step toward a two-state peace solution. Sharon, however, proclaims his plan a "heavy blow" to the Palestinians that forces them "to give up their aspirations for many years to come...
...position obliges Sharon to proceed with the "road map" - but only once the Palestinians have chosen a new leadership willing to renounce violence. That could mean waiting a generation, or longer, while in the interim Sharon has won U.S. support for consolidating Israel's grip on settlements that every U.S. administration, including this one, had previously defined as an obstacle to peace. From the moment he assumed office, Sharon had made clear that he opposed the pursuit of a final peace agreement with the Palestinians, pressing instead for a long-term interim arrangement. And in Sharon's mind, that perspective...
...Ouster in the Offing LITHUANIA The Constitutional Court found that President Rolandas Paksas had violated the constitution in awarding citizenship to Russian businessman Yuri Borisov, who helped finance his election campaign. The ruling paves the way for an impeachment vote in parliament as early as this week. A Tightening Grip GEORGIA President Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement-Democrats party is set to dominate parliament after winning 67% of the vote in the general election. The New Right-Industrialists was the only other party to clear the 7% electoral minimum required to have a parliamentary presence. Mounting Crisis SUDAN...
...Steady Grip on Power EL SALVADOR The right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) won the presidential election for the fourth time in a row. Its candidate, Tony Saca, took 58% of the vote compared to 36% for his main rival, Schafik Handal of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, the former guerrilla coalition...