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After last week's Duma elections, Russia's future lies more than ever in the hands of Vladimir Putin. Parties loyal to the President swept the parliament - albeit by tactics condemned by foreign observers. So Putin now has the power to transform the country - but does he have the vision? Watch these crucial areas: PRESIDENT TILL 2011?: Up for re-election in March 2004, Putin insists he has no plans to amend the constitution to change the presidential term from four to seven years - or lift the two-term limit. Allies and adversaries alike predict he will. SATELLITE STATES: Putin...
...There is a small group of very loyal customers there who think it really adds a lot to the Quad,” said Mayer...
...since they were captured in Afghanistan. Many in the Labour government supposedly view their release as a point of principle—a vast number of Britons certainly do. It was widely expected that some kind of solution would be reached as a reward for Britain’s loyal support during the war in Iraq...
...less light-hearted than before—as arrogant boors, fondling huge automatic weapons while racing to Baghdad in their Humvees. And, however unfair that portrayal, the fact that it is widely believed—and in the country which is, after all, America’s most loyal ally—is a tremendous problem, whether or not the Bush administration cares to confront...
...future when he entered politics three years ago. But he denies he has presidential ambitions, and his father has publicly scoffed at the notion of a hereditary succession in Egypt. More pertinent, Gamal lacks the backing of the military, which may prefer Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's loyal Defense Minister. Mubarak himself has lately thrust intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman into the limelight by giving him the task of negotiating an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. Although Suleiman keeps a low profile, he has the distinct advantage of having earned the President's gratitude: in 1995 he insisted that...