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...Bush's plan to tighten the border with Mexico and establish a limited guest-worker program. He is about to publish an anti-immigration manifesto, Whatever It Takes, that should rile up right-wing radio just as the White House was hoping to gain traction for a broad immigration-reform package...
...will continue to do whatever is good for Hong Kong's prosperity and stability." WEN JIABAO, Chinese Premier, speaking to Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang during Tsang's first visit to the capital after his controversial, Beijing-backed proposals for political reform were blocked by democratic legislators last month...
...weapons-trade monopoly, Rosoboronexport, announced it was taking control of Russia's largest auto manufacturer, the formerly privatized AvtoVAZ. The combination of such reassertion of state control and the opening up of a portion of state firms to private investors enables Putin to argue that he is introducing market reforms into the economy even as he tightens his grip elsewhere. The media has long been muzzled, the judiciary controlled; regional governors are now appointed by Putin rather than elected; and the activities of political parties have been harshly curtailed. "The trends that have been long accumulating," Illarionov says, "found their...
...Mubarak?s regime appears to be intent upon neutralizing reformers like Nour to ensure that his ruling party remains the country?s only viable force for achieving development and stability. To strengthen his position, Mubarak has adopted reform as his own agenda and promised change from within. Another part of Mubarak?s strategy seems to be to show that it is Muslim fundamentalists who pose the real challenge, and that his steady regime alone can prevent them from taking over and imposing an Islamic state...
...report from the Caucus’ working group on curricular reform to the full Caucus echoed these sentiments in November...