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...become one of the most closely watched campaigns of 2006, as anti-Bush and anti-Iraq war fervor has helped Lamont wage a competitive challenge to Lieberman, who has infuriated Democrats with his vocal defense of President Bush's Iraq policy. But while nationally the race has become a referendum on the state of the Democratic Party, the division between the party's left and right wings and its position on the Iraq War, the debate saw both candidates trying to change the subject from Iraq. Lieberman, eager to appeal to Democrats who might be frustrated with him on Iraq...
While the eyes of the hemisphere were fixed on Mexico's hotly contested presidential election this week, another critical Latin American vote was being carried out in Bolivia - a national referendum in which President Evo Morales hoped to consolidate a leftist revolution that has turned South America's poorest nation into a regional player. And while Morales' forces won for the most part, the results also deepened the sense of showdown between Bolivia's poor, indigenous western highlands and a small but powerful affluent white elite in the eastern lowlands...
...Once it was smuggled out, the plan found a champion in Abbas, who wants the Palestinians to vote on it in a late July referendum. Hamas, along with four other Palestinian groups, opposes the referendum. Hamas Prime Minister Ismael Haniyah warned that his government "will not make political concessions" to Israel and opposes the vote as a waste of money. If Hamas and Abbas can indeed now come to an agreement on the prisoners' proposal, that would end the need for a referendum - and the dispute over it. Until then, however, the political showdown is fanning the anger...
...Chen's aides and family members, the opposition has tabled a recall motion in the legislature, where it holds a small majority. The motion needs a two-thirds vote to be carried, which is unlikely. Even if it does pass, it then has to be subject to a public referendum. But just the fact that Chen is facing impeachment?the first Taiwan President to be in such a fix?shows how far he has fallen. Even last week's news that Taipei and Beijing have agreed to increase the number of direct charter flights during holiday periods was not enough...
...however, are fully to blame. Chen has been ineffective, but he has also been hamstrung by some factors beyond his control. He has repeatedly invited the Chinese to talk with him, and he has refrained from declaring independence, changing the island's name or flag, or holding a public referendum on Taiwan's status?all of which would provoke Beijing. Yet China's leaders have cold-shouldered him because they view him in only one dimension?as a "splittist"?without seemingly taking into account the need for Chen, an elected official, to cater to his party and his supporters. Both...