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...article, Dershowitz proposed that whenever Palestinian terrorism resumes after a moratorium, Israel should retaliate with military action against a Palestinian village after giving residents 24 hours’ notice...
...conservative colleagues on President George W. Bush’s Council on Bioethics, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel argued Monday that research on human embryos should go forward with regulations. Sandel, who is a member of the council, expressed dissent with its recommendation this summer that a moratorium be placed on cloning embryos for research purposes...
Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party had agreed to a moratorium on political campaigning until after the service, yet this mattered little to several of the speakers. Rick Kahn, a close friend of Wellstone’s, delivered a speech that ideally would have been one of the night’s more touching moments. Unfortunately, Kahn injected partisan politics into the mix and actually made a campaign pitch to those in attendance. “We are begging you to help us win this Senate election for Paul Wellstone,” he said. Kahn even urged...
...Officials in Virginia argue that the trial should be held in their courts because the Virginia legal system will provide a speedier trial and permits the execution of both men, unlike Maryland's. Further, they say, Maryland's current moratorium on the death penalty (which will end next year) means justice may not be meted out in that state quickly enough. (Virginia, on the other hand, has executed 86 people since 1976, more than any state but Texas.) The threat of the death penalty, prosecutors argue, could make Malvo more likely to turn against Muhammad and provide key testimony against...
...Hanoi is considering alternative measures, such as a moratorium on the licensing of new motorcycles. The country is also working on a national traffic safety strategy?less likely to enrage trading partners?which might be ready for implementation in 2005. One thing Hanoi will not be able to do, however, is keep their citizens off the road. "The market economy requires mobility," says Melhuish of the Asian Development Bank, "and people everywhere like having their own vehicles." The trick is finding a way to keep riders out of the emergency room...