Word: interiorities
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...turned the gaffe into something of an art form. Since taking office 13 months ago, the Prime Minister and his key officials have managed to make rude or politically incorrect remarks about everything from the euro to Islamic civilization. One of their baldest blunders came last week from Interior Minister Claudio Scajola, 54, who was pressured to resign after two newspaper reporters quoted him referring to Marco Biagi - a labor ministry adviser assassinated in March by the Red Brigades terrorist group - as a "pain in the ass." Scajola, under fire for not having provided Biagi with a security detail, suggested...
...Because crime scence security was non-existent - a policeman sat in the driver's seat and used the bloody steering wheel to drive the limping vehicle away - few answers are likely to be found in the destroyed interior. More, however, may be gleaned elsewhere. One question is what happened to the guards on the gate, eight to ten of whom were taken into police custody as witnesses. Doctor Zia, the chief of police district nine, which covers the ministry compound, said that the guards had left their post for a lunch break at the time of the attack. They belonged...
...election of Ronald Reagan brought "Christian Zionism" deeper into the White House: Lindsey served as a consultant on Middle East affairs to the Pentagon and the Israeli government. Interior Secretary James Watt, a Pentecostalist, in discussing environmental concerns, observed, "I don't know how many future generations we can count on until the Lord returns." Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger affirmed, "I have read the Book of Revelation, and, yes, I believe the world is going to end--by an act of God, I hope--but every day I think time is running out." It was no accident that Reagan...
...announced the key appointments to his new cabinet - after the U.S. special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, insisted that the loya jirga had its say on the posts as laid down by international peace accords. The defense and foreign affairs portfolios were retained by the mainly Tajik Northern Alliance, while the Interior Ministry went to a Pashtun regional governor, Taj Mohammed Wardak. When Wardak sought to go to his new ministry, police loyal to his predecessor briefly blocked the road. SOUTH AFRICA Ice Rescue A South African ship set out for the Antarctic to rescue 107 crew and passengers, including 79 members...
...move that may prove even more irritating to Davis, Gale Norton, Bush's interior secretary, gave Simon a letter that said Davis had played a role in approving 193 offshore wells. Davis aides insisted he had no ability to stop that drilling...