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...unreliable: some show 60% of the population opposes Lukashenko, but others say 60% support him. The Belarusian character is temperate and slow to anger, and so far, the majority has kept silent. So Belarus could remain in Lukashenko's grip for some time to come. Last year, in a referendum widely censured as fraudulent, the President rammed through a constitutional change allowing him unlimited terms in office. By next July, he intends to run for his third five-year term, in effect sealing his presidency for life - this in a European country of some 10 million educated, skilled and remarkably...
...that he could see which would offer more [help in pushing Catholic values]," says Edmondo Berselli, editor of the political journal Il Mulino. This "created something akin to a ratings agency for politicians' positions on moral values issues." Emma Bonino, a leader of the Radical Party, which led successful referendum battles to legalize divorce and abortion, is one of the few high-ups who aggressively challenges Ruini. "It has never been this bad, where their influence is so extensive and leveraged publicly on such a daily basis," she says of the Church hierarchy. "In the past, no matter what...
...comrades, that nationalist groups have newfound influence with al-Zarqawi. "What he's now having to do is balance the hard-line ideology with the softer line of the Iraqis within his group," says Abu Marwan. Sunni insurgent leaders say it was their insistence on voting in the October referendum that discouraged al-Zarqawi from disrupting the poll. For now, the nationalists say they will be voting again on Dec. 15, and they expect al-Qaeda to once more hold its fire. But so far no announcements have been made, and nationalist commanders are worried that al-Zarqawi may decide...
...Sunni "rejectionists." Mostly Baathists, nationalists and Iraqi Islamists, they oppose the occupation and any Baghdad government dominated by Iraqis sheltered from Saddam by foreign-intelligence agencies, such as Iran's or the U.S.'s. But they don't oppose democracy in Iraq. Many voted in the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum and have plans to participate in the Dec. 15 election. Few see a contradiction between voting and continuing to battle U.S. forces. "I voted in the referendum, and I'm still fighting, and everybody in my organization did the same," says Abu Marwan, the Army of Mohammed commander. "This...
...None of this would have much long-term consequence if it were not for the reviving separatist threat in Quebec. The secessionist Parti Quebecois last month elected a young and vibrant leader in Andre Boisclair, who has vowed to call a new referendum on Quebec sovereignty at his first opportunity. That could come within two years if his party can defeat the moribund ruling provincial Liberal party in the next provincial election. An acrimonious federal campaign followed by another weak and divided government in Ottawa will not do much for the federalist hopes in Quebec or even national unity...