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USAGE: "The Department [of Homeland Security] said it is suspending for two years enforcement of the so-called widow penalty that has triggered several lawsuits." --AP, June...
...Northern Ireland For Omagh, a Kind of Closure Nearly 11 years after a massive bomb ripped through the market town of Omagh in Northern Ireland, killing 29 people, relatives of the victims have finally received some justice. On June 8, a high court in Belfast awarded $2.6 million in damages to the six families who filed a civil suit--a hefty payout by British standards and a major legal victory. Earlier criminal cases against four members of an IRA splinter group accused of the bombing had ended with only one conviction (which was later overturned). Under the looser standards...
...Beirut March 14 Madness Lebanon's ruling March 14 alliance won a surprise majority in the country's hotly contested June 7 parliamentary elections, upsetting an opposition coalition led by the Shi'ite paramilitary group Hizballah. The pro-West, anti-Syria alliance's victory was lauded by the U.S., which had threatened to withhold financial aid to Lebanon if the Iran-backed opposition triumphed. Negotiations on the creation of a national-unity government are set to begin in the coming weeks, though Hizballah's insistence on retaining legislative-veto power is expected to be a source of contention...
...Kashmir RIOTS OVER RAPE VICTIMS Deep-seated anger at the Indian government erupted into massive protests on June 8, when 15,000 Kashmir residents took to the streets over a forensics report confirming that two young women--who authorities say drowned but family members claim had been abducted and raped by Indian troops--had indeed been sexually assaulted. Police used tear gas and warning shots to quell the riots, injuring hundreds. Unrest has plagued strife-torn Kashmir, the subject of a long-term boundary dispute between India and Pakistan, since the women's bodies were found...
...Detroit Fiat Takes Control of Chrysler Chrysler's planned alliance with Italian carmaker Fiat was cemented on June 10 after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the deal brought by Chrysler's creditors and concerned consumer groups. The White House--backed arrangement gives Fiat a controlling stake in the embattled 84-year-old company, which will be called Chrysler Group LLC and could serve as a model for the reorganization of larger rival General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy on June 1. The pact--the latest attempt to salvage America's sagging auto industry--creates...