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...forward might become less murky after Dec. 15, when Iraqis are scheduled to elect their first full parliament. If the vote proceeds honestly and peacefully, the Bush Administration can claim Iraq has taken a giant step toward political self-sufficiency-a precondition, White House officials have said, for battling the increasingly lethal insurrection. The success of elections will have a direct effect on last week's debate: How many U.S. troops should be in Iraq and for how long? Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Fox News Sunday that after the elections, the U.S. hopes to drop troop levels from...
...centuries since the French republic was founded, no one else has remained in power for so long. Chirac's longevity is all the more remarkable since his political instincts have often failed him. He launched a virulently nationalist appeal prior to the first general elections for the European Parliament in 1979 that ended in fiasco for his center-right party. In 1997, he chose to hold early elections, but the ploy boomeranged when the Socialists emerged as victors. But thanks to his prodigious vitality, shrewd maneuvering and quick mind, Chirac always managed to recover from even his worst blunders...
...PLEADED GUILTY. OMRI SHARON, 41, Israeli member of parliament and son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon; to illegal campaign fund-raising; in Tel Aviv. Accepting a plea bargain, the younger Sharon admitted to falsifying corporate records, perjury and violating fund-raising laws during his father's 1999 campaign to lead Israel's right-wing Likud Party. Sharon's guilty plea means he must step down as a Likud legislator...
...their advice. Sands concluded his appearance by asserting that international law will ultimately prevail. Even for superpowers like the U.S, actions are not cost-free, he said, citing Italian prosecutors’ charges against CIA officers following the alleged abduction of individuals on Italian soil, and the recent European Parliament investigation regarding transport of suspected terrorists from the Middle East to undisclosed locations for interrogation...
...very cornerstone of NATO. The Japanese Prime Minister does not have anything rivaling the independent military powers that the U.S. President and many other heads of government possess. For example, although Koizumi orchestrated Japan's missions to the Indian Ocean and Iraq, each required a special act of parliament. And despite his popularity, Koizumi has faced stiff public opposition to every controversial military decision he has taken. Hiroshi Honma, a professor of international law at Hosei University, says the U.S. continues to underestimate Japan's ambivalence about its military. "The U.S. is struggling to maintain its role as the world...