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...approve such activities, while Democrats are insisting that he be forced to get sign-off from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts - the same court that suspended the controversial program. Specter has sided with the Democrats, saying in a statement that he can't imagine granting the Attorney General sole power to approve such vital wiretaps. "I am concerned by provisions of the proposed legislation which would give extensive authority to the Attorney General," Specter said. "Regrettably, Attorney General Gonzales does not enjoy the confidence of many, if not most, members of Congress...
...Riyadh. Conservatively dressed, but not in the standard attire of Saudi women, Wynn-Stanley was harangued by a mutawwa, so she pulled out her Saudi-issued diplomatic identity card. The mutawwa's response was to throw it on the ground and grind it into the pavement with the sole of his shoe, a gesture considered a grave insult in Arab custom. The U.S. embassy lodged a formal complaint with the Saudi Foreign Ministry...
...Roger Vivier, presented a small collection of couture shoes and bags in his first-floor office on the Faubourg St.-Honore. The most stunning pair was called "Boxes" and consisted of black and gold lacquered wooden boxes stacked on top of each other to form a heel and a sole. "It's like placing your foot on a console," Frissoni said. Most of the collection, which also included clutch bags and satin stilettos embroidered by the famous French embroiderer Francois Lesage, will sell for upwards of $10,000 a piece - a price point that does turn accessories into mini works...
...opportunities. But there's no shortage of weapons on the streets - a legacy of Ceuta's days as a drug trafficking center, before a police crackdown - and residents have repeatedly taken out their anger on local law enforcement officers by stoning police cars and torching the area's sole police post...
...independent homeland. Many Thai Muslims have long felt marginalized by the Buddhist majority, and the sense of alienation may get a lot worse. This spring, thousands of Buddhist monks took to Bangkok's streets clamoring for their beliefs to be designated in the constitution as Thailand's sole state religion. On June 4, charter writers rejected the call for an official faith, but growing pro-Buddhist (and, by extension, anti-Muslim) sentiment could doom the new constitution when it faces a referendum in August...