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...assassination was the outcome of the Bush-Sharon meeting," said Abdullah Shami, a leader of Islamic Jihad. A Palestinian official in Gaza said protesters were calling for retaliation against "American interests." U.S. officials take a different view. They insist Arab leaders had prior warning of the pact. "The rest of the [peace] process is going nowhere fast," notes a senior State Department official. "This is something real--moving people, tanks and troops." Perhaps, but just days after the deal was made came the bloody reminder that removing violence from Gaza is entirely another matter...
...become a political union; tabloids regularly caricature meddling, know-nothing Brussels bureaucrats. An ICM survey taken after Blair's U-turn showed that only 25% of the British public planned to vote in favor of the constitution; according to Eurobarometer, the E.U.'s polling arm, average support for the pact in the rest of Europe...
...We…made a pact that we had no agenda politically,” he says. “I have a lot of feeling, but I’m not an advocacy journalist...
...INDICATORS In Good Company The European Commission issued warnings to three more euro-zone countries set to breach the region's stability pact this year. Finance commissioner Pedro Solbes slammed the Netherlands , Italy and Greece (along with serial offenders France and Germany) for running budget deficits in excess...
...paced jig to warm up the crowd. Playing up Ireland’s greatest export—whiskey—the next jig was purely inspired by this “water of life.” The band claimed to be singing about whiskey because of their Lenten pact of abstinence but that was quickly dispelled by fiddler Ciarn Tourishís cry of “Yeah right...