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...business leaders have risen up in alarm to fight it. "There's no place in the world like California for new companies," says Richard Hill, the chairman and CEO of Novellus Systems, a San Jose semiconductor-equipment manufacturer. "But this bill will bring that to a screeching halt...
...Helms-Burton law is creating diplomatic havoc. Europe, Asia and Latin America are ignoring Washington's demand to halt trade with Cuba and threatening economic retaliation against the U.S. if Clinton carries out the law's most severe penalties. Ironically, Castro has benefited politically from the crisis. A CIA estimate this summer concluded that the new sanctions have actually strengthened his regime, handing it a convenient excuse to crack down on dissidents. "We're left now with a relationship that's more dysfunctional than during the cold war," says Robert Pastor, an NSC expert on Latin America during the Carter...
...violations include the symbolic attempt to undermine the sanctity of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the denial of Palestinian access to Arab East Jerusalem, a city central to Palestinian life. These are aggravated by the systematic de-Arabization of the city, and the destruction of any demographic obstacles that halt the complete annexation of the illegally-occupied city. Essentially, Palestinians have been reduced to foreigners in their own city. The violated peace process, as it stands, has done little to stop Israeli abuse, and this is what the Palestinians protest...
...election is an opportunity to rebuild official credibility. A record 1,503 candidates are standing for the Diet's 500 lower-house seats, and two-thirds of them are first-time contenders, born after World War II. The candidates will compete under a new electoral system designed to halt money politics and limit the influence of special interests. "We need to create a government that can bring about change," says Minister of Health Naoto Kan, the highly popular co-leader of the new Democratic Party, which is promoting its version of a "kinder, gentler" Japan. Depending on the political party...
Assuming that the President wins another term, the Canadian numbers could figure into his thinking for the year 2000. Will he really be able to call a halt to the "permanent campaign" that has occupied him all his adult life? Or will he be tempted by a nearby electorate that is likely to give him the affection he craves? Could it be that, 30 years after less nimble members of his generation had to make the journey, Bill Clinton will flee to Canada...