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Early in January the mainland Chinese government fought another battle in its long campaign to stamp out religious activity outside of its control. In a deliberate snub to the Vatican, the Chinese authorities refused to the Pope's candidates for three empty bishoprics of the government-sanctioned branch of the Catholic Church in China and instead installed its own candidates on the same day the Pope ordained new bishops from all other parts of the world...
...Chinese government backed its decision by claiming that the Pope had no authority to make decisions about religious life in China. This snub, which rightly earned condemnation from the Vatican, is the most recent chapter in a long litany of abuses perpetrated against Chinese citizens who try to form religious organizations outside of the government's tight and watchful scrutiny. Although much has been made lately of the suppression of the Falun Gong movement, Catholic and Protestant churches in China have also been subjected to the repression of the Chinese government while the U.S. has barely murmured in protest...
...McCollum and Wisconsin's Jim Sensenbrenner carefully wrote down the names of each and every one of the 25 Republican Senators who voted against them, as if they might fold up the list and press it in their wallets for safekeeping, then wait for some chance to avenge the snub...
...FARC said Marulanda feared an assassination attempt, but many Colombians fear that the guerrillas aren't really serious about peace. Sureshot's snub makes the U.S. nervous as well. If Pastrana's efforts fail to hold Colombia together--if the FARC solidifies its sovereignty over coca-land--the U.S. war on drugs in Colombia could unravel. Washington spends more than $100 million annually to help Colombia's national police destroy coca crops but to little avail--largely because the FARC earns 40% of its estimated $1 billion annual income from a tax it levies on coca farmers to protect their...
...about White House gumshoe Terry Lezner, for example. The list is highly repetitious -- some might say petty -- and contains mistakes that would shame a county lawyer. "Do you admit or deny that on or about Dec. 28, 1998 ?" begins one query. Nevertheless, it would be hard to snub it altogether -- since Clinton has promised to cooperate fully with the House inquiry, the White House needs to show at least some goodwill. Looks like another busy weekend for the President?s attorneys...