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...sweeps and scofflaws was no more impressive to me than the broad, imperial tones of a history textbook or a Lord Soandso (chancellor, historian, poet, collector of exotic birds) majestically painting the background of the Imperial City, with its thatch roofs, flying buttresses, Big Ben, the golden Houses of Parliament...
...update their antiquated laws. Police had to wait 14 months to smash the ice gang because Fijian law does not ban methamphetamine's ingredients, only the finished product. A new drug bill?increasing the top sentence for trafficking from eight years to life?was not ready to put before Parliament until the day of the raid...
...first European Parliament elections since E.U. expansion, citizens yawned at the grand experiment: 45.5% - an all-time low - took part. Turnout was worst in the new E.U. states; 21% of Poles and 17% of Slovaks cast ballots. Voters punished ruling parties and boosted Euro-skeptics across the E.U. Austria Voters said Ja to reform in the European Parliament, giving two seats to a list led by whistle-blower Hans-Peter Martin The far-right Freedom Party lost four of its five seats, sparking an emergency change in leadership Belgium Popular with Flemish voters but vilified by the mainstream parties...
...treaty they hope will make the E.U. more efficient (now that it has 25 members instead of the original six) and more democratic (by giving the European Parliament - the only directly elected E.U. body - a stronger legislative voice). There will be a new E.U. President who will serve a renewable 21/2 year term, and an E.U. Foreign Minister, who will advocate commonly agreed E.U. foreign policies. And there will be a new system of "qualified majority voting" on issues like the environment, transportation and agriculture: if 55% of members, making up at least 15 states and representing...
Children's Crusade ROMANIA Parliament approved a bill severely restricting international adoption following pressure from the E.U. - which Romania hopes to join in 2007 - to crack down on child trafficking. The U.S. embassy in Bucharest suggested many children could end up living in institutions as a result...