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...trying to keep the peace between the two. Now, however, Chen was dispensing with the provocation and adopting a conciliatory tone. Though he still emphasized Taiwan's "national identity" in his speech, he dropped a controversial plan to write a new constitution that was to be endorsed by a referendum-a step Washington feared could be perceived by Beijing as tantamount to a declaration of independence, and which could push the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to the brink of war. Asked by a TIME reporter what he thought of Chen's address, Paal smiled and said...
...West Bank, in exchange for U.S. endorsement of Israel's claim to hang on to the broad swathes of occupied territory on which its major West Bank settlement blocs are built. The plan hit a snag last month when Sharon's own Likud Party turned it down in a referendum, but it is expected to be resubmitted in the near future in revised form, probably extending the time-frame for withdrawal...
...Massachusetts State Legislature gave its first approval to the amendment, which would define marriage as between one man and one woman but would establish civil unions for same-sex couples. The legislature must pass the amendment again in the 2005-2006 session before it is put to a statewide referendum...
Couples filing for marriage face an uncertain future, as the state legislature voted in March in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage but establishing civil unions. If the amendment passes another legislative session in 2005-2006, it will be put to a statewide referendum...
...Florian Guingrich, 22, head of the ump youth group in Avignon, complains about a party that talks but doesn't listen, that wants to decentralize France but is itself centralized. "We can't win if the party's organized from the top down," he says. "That's why the referendum on the constitution is key: you can't make Europe unless the people want it." Such chatter has contributed to a certain fin de règne feeling in Paris, even though Chirac has another three years in office. But reports of Chirac's political demise would be premature. Figures...