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Senator John Cornyn should resign for co-sponsoring a resolution condemning MoveOn.org's free speech. This is the sort of fascism that is a far greater threat to Americans than terrorism. The Senate has the gall to question basic American freedoms while its members are under investigation for bribery (Ted Stevens) and sex scandals (Larry Craig and David Vitter). Dale Stevens Montgomery, Texas...
...larger concern, suspects Iqbal, is a new plan by the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), an alliance of opposition parties, to collectively resign their parliamentary seats before the presidential vote takes place. "They are trying to sabotage our plan by putting all the party workers and leaders in jail until after the vote," he says. "The government thinks that will prevent us from making a political statement by walking out together. That would make the election look like a one-sided circus." In retaliation for the arrests, the APDM has called for more protests outside the Supreme Court on Monday...
...face other slings. Justice Ministry sources told TIME that Attorney General Mazuz next month may launch at least one and possibly two more investigations against Olmert. If that happens, being the target of four police probes could prove too much, even for Olmert's prodigious chutzpah, forcing him to resign. He will be too busy fighting legal battles to provide the kind of steely-eyed helmsmanship that Israelis demand from a leader who must deal with the Palestinian conflict and regional enemies Syria and Hezballah...
Jeanne Shaheen, director of Harvard's Institute of Politics, is expected to resign this week to run for U.S. Senate, according to two individuals familiar with her plans...
...Administration is backing a power-sharing deal with another exiled former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, as the best way for the general to regain popularity. But Bhutto's own standing has plummeted since she started dealing with the dictator. Now negotiations are stalled over her demands that he resign as head of the military, drop corruption charges against her and give up the power to dissolve parliament. U.S. officials predict Bhutto's popularity will spike if she returns to power in an alliance with the general because she'll be seen as a counterweight to Musharraf. "The conventional wisdom...