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...Minister of Sweden and a potential future Prime Minister; after hours of surgery to repair wounds suffered when an unidentified man stabbed the mother of two as she was shopping in a department store; in Stockholm. The motivation for the assault is unknown, but it occurred days before a referendum on whether to adopt the euro, an expensive, controversial proposal Lindh had publicly championed...
...largely in her honor that 82.6% of the electorate turned out to vote - they paid their respects by participating, not by agreeing with her. Their anti-euro sentiment is shared by many in the U.K. Two key factors drive that opposition, and prevent Tony Blair from calling a referendum: the torpid pace of economic growth in the euro zone, predicted this year to reach just 0.4%, and the prospect of ceding even more power to Brussels. Neither Sweden nor the U.K. are hurting because they kept their own coins; indeed, both are growing more than the euro zone...
...working for free because she believes the euro is bad for Sweden. "If we join the euro, it will move power from Sweden to Brussels," she says. "As a nurse I can't go to Brussels and ask for help. We see the world with different eyes." The euro referendum has sharply divided Sweden, a country normally renowned for its consensus approach to politics. A survey last week by opinion research firm Sifo shows 47% of voters are against the euro and 41% in favor. But the momentum appears to be behind the yes camp, which has picked...
...hope to move toward treating very young children, under the age of 1," says Dr. Pedro Alonso, head of the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona and director of Saude Manhiça's research clinic. Early results should be available in 18 months. - By Maryann Bird Referendum Rejected CORSICA In a surprise result, Corsicans narrowly rejected a Paris-sponsored referendum proposing administrative reform and greater autonomy for the island. Only 16 days before the referendum, opinion polls had the yes camp ahead by 6%. "Corsicans realized this was a doctrine of decentralization being applied to Corsica...
...choreographers to roadies - are part of a rising tide of opposition to the reforms planned by the government of conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and President Jacques Chirac. In May and June, public-sector workers launched crippling nationwide strikes, and a week ago Corsicans narrowly rejected a referendum intended to launch Raffarin's effort to decentralize power to regional capitals. But as arts workers took France's beloved (and lucrative) festival season hostage to protest cutbacks in their unemployment benefits, summer itself seemed under siege - and Raffarin appeared to be on the ropes. The Corsican debacle is a case...