Word: ousters
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...Bush Administration has long suspected Iran of trying to stir up opposition to U.S. forces in Iraq. Since the beginning of the occupation, the U.S. has monitored the moves of Iran's most powerful Shi'ite clerics, who supported the ouster of one longtime enemy, Saddam Hussein, but now bristle at the presence of another one, the U.S., on their doorstep. Muqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American Iraqi cleric who launched the Shi'ite revolt, has ties to some conservative Iranian clerics. Current and former U.S. officials say Iran has also funneled money and weapons to other Shi'ite militias...
...southwestern city of Dax . Former ETA leader Félix Alberto López de la Calle, who had been on the run since escaping house arrest in November 2000, was apprehended in the western town of Angoulême, along with suspected ETA operative Mercedes Chivite Berango. Ouster in the Offing LITHUANIA The Constitutional Court found that President Rolandas Paksas had violated the constitution in awarding citizenship to Russian businessman Yuri Borisov, who helped finance his election campaign. The ruling paves the way for an impeachment vote in parliament as early as this week. A Tightening Grip GEORGIA President...
...This week, South Korea's nine-judge Constitutional Court begins hearing arguments over Roh's ouster. His lawyers intend to argue that the impeachment was railroaded through the National Assembly and should be thrown out on procedural grounds. If the court doesn't bite, they plan to argue that the first charge against Roh?that he voiced support for the Uri Party in the upcoming National Assembly election, even though he's required to be neutral as President?was trivial, and that there is no basis in constitutional law for the other two charges of economic mismanagement and corruption among...
...other companies.” But what Blickstead fails to recognize is that this project would not only turn our representatives into ring prostitutes, it would distract them from working on important matters of student interest and perpetuate the purchase of class rings—a ridiculous tradition whose ouster is long overdue...
...first ever impeachment of a South Korean President sparked a melee in the country's National Assembly last week. Trying unsuccessfully to prevent a vote on his ouster, SUPPORTERS OF ROH MOO HYUN tussled over access to the podium. Roh is accused of campaign violations. The Prime Minister has assumed Roh's duties while a court decides if he should be removed permanently...