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...Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory weren't enough, California Democrats now have to contend with the very real possibility of losing the mayor's race in San Francisco--and to someone who has outflanked them on the left. A TV poll last week put Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez ahead of Democratic rival Gavin Newsom, 52% to 45%, among those who say they are "certain" to vote in the runoff election...
...rich. But he still manages to charm campaign contributions out of two of the city's biggest developers. He promises to make San Francisco a "laboratory for what government will look like under Green leadership." So far, that appears to be a pledge not to be like the incumbent mayor, Willie Brown, in promoting political cohorts to choice city posts...
...from setting up free-trade zones to implementing a multilateral deal with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to fight illegal immigration, drug trafficking and terrorism. In the United States, the Chinese premier will likely discuss recent American trade sanctions on Chinese textiles with President Bush, dine with Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and offer an address at Harvard Business School...
...lipped about their concerns, but the U.K. has been on its second-highest terror alert for almost a month now. "Given the number of operations by British police," says French terror expert Roland Jacquard, "they're apparently going after more than one plot and group." Two weeks ago, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said police had thwarted four separate plots "to actually cause mayhem and take life in this city." In Britain, a 24-year-old man, accused of conspiring with convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid, was formally charged last week. At the time of his arrest, the man - whom neighbors...
...light snow fell, Summers, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Rep. Michael J. Capuano—who sits on the Housing and Urban Development Committee in Washington, D.C.—tossed small piles of sand with shiny shovels to signal the beginning of construction on the Brian J. Honan Apartment Complex...