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...Jerry Brown Still Wants Your Vote The California dreamer has been mayor, Governor and tried for the presidency three times. Why won't he ever retire...
...transform itself into a "cafeteria Atlanticism" - wariness in general, coupled with recognition that there will be places both sides need to do business. When Blair chose to fight the anti-American mood inside the Labour Party at its annual conference last week, he picked for guest speaker the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa - a Hispanic environmentalist and public-transit advocate from a state that just passed into law a version of the Kyoto accords. By the time he finished, the delegates were radiating fraternal feelings toward this representative of the U.S. Frenchman Benjamin Bechaux, 24, who just completed...
...Husam was killed while protecting Ali. When Ahmed's younger brother Jaafer came to collect Husam's body, a sniper lying in wait put several bullets in Jaafer's legs. Jaafer lived but will always walk with a severe limp. He is among the lucky ones. The town's mayor, Haji Mohammed Hassan al-Zubeidy, says some 180 people have been murdered in Dujail since Saddam's trial began in October 2005. Basam Ridha, adviser to the Prime Minister for the Saddam trial, puts the number closer to 200. About 80 more have vanished while traveling on the road between...
...plight of the town reflects the broader collapse of order in the center of Iraq. Insurgents have destroyed the town's water and electricity facilities. Mayor al-Zubeidy says he needs at least 200 more people from the police or Iraqi National Guard to secure the entrances and exits of Dujail. He says he has been unable to persuade the Iraqi government to send reinforcements to the town. "We haven't gotten any support from any of the governments," he says. "There is almost a siege of Dujail, and we can't move out. If they catch...
...Jerry Brown Still Wants Your Vote The California dreamer has been mayor, Governor and tried for the presidency three times. Why won't he ever retire...