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...responsibility for dealing with the confrontation was taken up by Haig. Early last week the State Department asked Whitehall to arrange for an "invitation" for Haig to visit London. The Argentines also agreed to receive Haig. At a Monday press conference, President Reagan outlined the diplomatic dilemma created by the Falklands confrontation. Said Reagan: "It's a very difficult situation for the U.S. because we're friends with both of the countries engaged in this dispute...
...decided three weeks ago, in a process that was utterly lacking in transparency, to limit what little Quadlings have by mandating that men not be allowed to use the facility during a range of hours from eight to ten, Tuesday and Thursday mornings and from three to five on Monday afternoons...
Pakistan's two main opposition parties were the big winners in Monday's parliamentary elections, and they plan to use their gains to form a coalition government that could threaten President Pervez Musharraf's weakening grip on power. The Pakistani People's Party (PPP) of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have, together, won more than half the seats so far counted, easily defeating the Musharraf-aligned PML-Q party. If the PPP and PML-N win two-thirds of parliamentary seats, they will...
...Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, on Monday, Bush praised efforts by his Tanzanian counterpart, Jataya Kikwete, to fight corruption: "You are a strong leader," he said. According to the U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Washington will contribute $662 million to the East African nation this year. The Millennium Challenge Corporation also granted Tanzania $698 million for water, energy and infrastructure projects. "I'll just put it bluntly," said Bush. "America doesn't want to spend money on people who steal the money." Kikwete replied: "Different people may have different views about you and your Administration and your legacy...
...this is the case, the bomb may have gone off before it was planned, the detectives say. It exploded two blocks from Mexico City's police headquarters. A woman who received burns from the blast was being questioned by detectives in her hospital bed Monday while under police guard. Identified as Tania Vazquez, 22, the woman lives in the rough market neighborhood of Tepito, known as a center of drug dealing. Police raided her home on Sunday and took about $2,500 in cash and lists of phone numbers, officials said. No charges have been leveled against her at this...