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...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 Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement-Democrats party is set to dominate parliament after winning 67% of the vote in the general election. The New Right-Industrialists was the only other party to clear the 7% electoral minimum required to have...
...party might expel the rebels. Heide Simonis, the SPD premier of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, warned that if a new left-wing party siphoned off votes, then the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) would "win elections almost automatically." In Warsaw, Marek Borowski, the speaker of the lower house of parliament and until last week a prominent member of Miller's ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), announced the formation of the Polish Social Democracy (SDPL) party, which he said will aim "to adjust [Polish] law and institutions to E.U. requirements, improve public finances and reform health insurance." Miller...
...Prime Minister In "What's It All About, Tony?" Michael Elliott tried to explore the personal and psychological motivations of British Prime Minister Tony Blair [Feb. 23]. Because Britons feel it is impossible to understand perfectly what makes Blair tick, they focus instead on other actors in the British Parliament who chat over details of policy until Blair finally works out a decision based on his own sense of what is "the right thing to do." It is our faith in the moral and intellectual machinery of world leaders like Blair that allows them to maintain our confidence as they...
...civilian massacres. The constitutionally mandated interim President, Supreme Court Chief Boniface Alexandre, is barely recognizable to most Haitians, though he won applause for appointing an untainted national police chief last week. Alexandre's main task, to hold a special presidential election, is vexed by the fact that Haiti's parliament shut down in January and Aristide began ruling by decree. A commission of Haitian and international representatives has been assembled to expedite the transition, but Philippe's strong-man show last week has "distorted the process," says opposition leader Andre Apaid. Elections might not be held until late 2005. Said...
Blunkett, who has been blind since birth, has served as the British home secretary since 2001. He was first elected to the British Parliament...