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The Home Secretary since June 2001, Blunkett is responsible for dealing with international crime and terrorism. His anti-terror initiatives include provisions that allow indefinite detention of aliens who cannot be deported until they have a place to go. There have been 14 detentions in Britain under this provision.
The pension legislation, which would effectively defer the airlines' pension obligations for years, is considered to have a good chance of passage, and the relief might come just in time for United, which has until April 8 to submit a reorganization plan to a U.S. bankruptcy judge. United has also...
INDICATORS Reading The Fine Print Japan 's competition watchdog raided Microsoft's Tokyo offices on suspicion that it set unfair conditions when granting software licenses to Japanese computer makers. Microsoft denied the charge, but deleted the provision from future contracts.
Carens is also a member of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), but criticized the Union for not driving a tough enough bargain in negotiations with the University. He reiterated one of the NLC’s planks—a call for a contract provision that...
“I just hope there’ll be a provision for civil unions. That way, neither side gets exactly what it wants,” he said.