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...country's ills on foreign hostility and interference. Last week his frustration came to the boil. Two journalists-Joseph Winter of the bbc and Mercedes Sayagues, who works for a South African weekly highly critical of the Mugabe regime-were expelled from Harare. The government cited work-permit problems, but the moves were clearly part of a clampdown on the foreign press and on reporting of the catastrophic situation in Zimbabwe. Mugabe also invited diplomats to a reception in Harare to rail about the activity of foreign "dirty hands," especially in last year's general election: his 20-year rule...
Investigators said they were adamant that the commission suspend the license rather than permit the Grille to pay a fine, as it has several times in the past...
...environmentalist in town, say the five-year time pre-production lag makes this a bad response to a current energy pinch, and a short-term sellout of one of the last unspoiled places in the country. Massachusetts senator John Kerry has threatened to filibuster any bill that would permit drilling in the refuge...
...Michelle Elliott, director of the child protection group Kidscape in London. "You would get a longer sentence for accumulating masses of parking tickets or for burglary." The judge didn't have much choice because the defendants pleaded guilty and cooperated with prosecutors. British law has since been changed to permit maximum sentences of 10 years rather than three for distributing indecent images of children...
George W. Bush stole an election in a nation of more than 260 million people and got away with it, thanks to Florida officials' stonewalling. The moral distinction between these two swindlers eludes me. Either put both of them in prison or permit both to continue operating with complete impunity. RUTH AMY LITT LAUFER New York City...