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...cargo traffic Austin wanted to attract. So the city seized the opportunity, wading through mounds of federal red tape to have the base transferred to it and persuading reluctant airlines to relocate to a facility that would need extensive renovation for commercial traffic. A $400 million local bond referendum was passed to convert the base into a commercial airport, and federal and state money came in to build highways feeding into the facility...
...push us aside," said Sunni negotiator Saleh Mutlak. Finally, the chairman of the committee, Sheikh Humam al-Hamoudi of SCIRI, presented a draft to the parliament without settling the issue of federalism. Fuming Sunnis warned darkly of civil war while pledging to vote down the document in the October referendum...
...France is the main proponent. Within Europe, France stands for protectionism in face of the Anglo-American model, and is also a great beneficiary of the EU’s generous and controversial agricultural subsidies. Despite the solidarity expressed by the German chancellor in the wake of the French referendum, the path France has taken cannot but weaken its long-term claims to leadership within the EU as well as the economic benefits it claims from the EU’s redistributive policies...
Washington expects more lethal attacks in the coming months as the guerrillas step up their campaign to derail the referendum on the Iraqi constitution in October and a new national election in December. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew to Baghdad on July 27 to pressure the country's feuding political leaders to agree on a draft constitution by the Aug. 15 deadline. The constitutional committee has made limited progress on some thorny issues, such as the role of Islam in a new government, but it's at odds on others. Kurds in the north and Shi'ites in the south...
...Likud will hold primaries for the leadership in the Spring. Until now Likud Party insiders have said they'd keep Sharon as leader, if the Gaza withdrawal goes well and retains his popularity with the public. But most Likud members voted against Sharon's withdrawal in a party referendum last year and were outraged when he went ahead with his plans in spite of the vote. If the "disengagement" is followed by an upsurge in terror attacks-and everyone from Israeli military intelligence to leading Hamas figures agrees that it will-they might use that as an opportunity to ditch...