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...facing a tough time passing his reform agenda through a hostile legislature. Does the ?special relationship' he's cultivating with President Bush counteract his domestic political weakness...
...Mexico, and Fox specifically, because a stronger Mexican economy expands opportunities for U.S. trade and investment, and also because people are less likely to emigrate if there are jobs at home. But the U.S. economic downturn has left Mexico facing a recession, and that has hampered both Fox's reform program and the ability of the U.S. to help...
...will be interesting to see whether the National Liberation Army, or armed Albanian groups, disappear as the process goes forward. Because if they stick around and keep causing trouble, it will be clear that their agenda was related more to a "Greater Albania" project than to constitutional reform...
...after "a long and difficult period of soul searching," he says. The congressional apostle of Ronald Reagan's tax and spending cuts claims he decided to retire because "the things I came to Washington to do are done." The budget is balanced, taxes have been cut, and "we did reform welfare," he says...
WHAT HAPPENED: Ten years after its real estate bubble burst, the world's second-largest economy is a mess. Prices are falling, which means consumers won't buy, thinking goods will be cheaper next week. Banks are crushed by bad debts. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wants to reform the economy and let bankrupt firms go to the wall. Result: in the short term, more pain and record levels of unemployment...