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Last week the Japanese Parliament, following U.S. precedent, passed a law which would require all foreigners above age 16 to be photographed and fingerprinted upon entering that country. The Bush Administration has taken much heat for supposedly violating civil liberties or committing acts of racial-profiling in the name of homeland security. Such controversies are by no means restricted to the U.S. it seems. Supporters of the law cite its necessity in protecting Japan from terrorist attacks. They reason that as a steadfast ally of the U.S. and one of the few countries that dispatched troops to Iraq (and which...
...being figureheads within democratic monarchies. I remember that when King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan volunteered to give up absolute power as monarch, he said, "The country is more important than the King." And prospects for political stability would increase if the army submitted to the supreme authority of parliament. Vinod C. Dixit Ahmedabad, India...
...July 21, 1947 There were many arrangements to be made. Philip, for instance, was comparatively poor ... But in Manchester a bus driver conceded: "I think the royal family gives us something other countries haven't got. I'm willing to pay for it." King George was expected to ask Parliament for ?35,000 a year for Philip. Elizabeth's own allowance (?15,000) would be upped. In time the couple would get their own town house, though they expected to start by living with the family. Elugelab Island, W. Pacific Ocean April 26, 1954 Ivy's explosion broke the stillness...
RESIGNED. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 36, prominent Somali-born Dutch parliament member and outspoken opponent of Islamic extremism; after officials, citing a TV report detailing Hirsi Ali's misrepresentation of her name and birth date on her 1992 asylum application, declared her passport invalid, despite Hirsi Ali's previous public acknowledgment of the falsifications; in The Hague. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was widely criticized for her treatment of the women's advocate and forced to back down, but Hirsi Ali, who has endured death threats because of her views, said she planned to leave the Netherlands. She is expected to join...
...mark hangs over the Interior Ministry, where Maliki's main task - to reduce the influence of Shi'ite militias in the police force - will put him in conflict with his own political base. As a member of the Shi'ite alliance that has the largest bloc of seats in Parliament, Maliki is tied to the parties that control those very militias, and they won't take kindly to any crackdowns. Indeed, Maliki would not be Prime Minister without the consent of militia leader Moqtada Sadr...