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...They would do well to spend less time on propaganda." CHRISTOPHER HILL, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, in response to a statement from North Korea's Foreign Ministry that said a "pre-emptive strike is not the monopoly of the United States...
...Ball agrees with President George W. Bush's positions on abstinence, stem-cell research, traditional marriage and the rights of an unborn child. But the Administration's environmental policies strike him as morally wrongheaded, and he's not afraid to say so. He led the 2002 "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign against gas-guzzling cars and was one of the organizers of the Evangelical Climate Initiative in February, when 86 evangelical Christian leaders called on Congress to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions...
...bleak outlook for diplomacy fuels speculation that the U.S. and Israel might use military force to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. While the military option is "never off the table," officials in both capitals say contingency plans for an air strike "are not under active consideration as an option now." Most experts say only that the U.S. has the air power and long-range fueling capability to carry out the multiple attacks that would be required to inflict serious damage on Iran's nuclear facilities--but they acknowledge that the U.S. military already has its hands full in Iraq...
Huang, an animated student who seems like he could strike up a conversation with any stranger, is ubiquitous in the Asian communities on campus. He sings in the Asian a capella group C-Sharp, directs the tutoring program Chinatown Afterschool, and helps out at events held by the Chinese Students Association (CSA), Taiwanese Cultural Society (TCS), and Asian American Association...
...Sarkozy's stance on the labor law was immediately plucked up by Socialist leader and possible presidential candidate Fran?ois Hollande, who mocked de Villepin in parliament, saying, "There's doubt on this within your own government--it's sitting right next to you!" Sarkozy's new position on the strike, Reyni? notes, could hurt Villepin's leadership credentials, give new life to the lefist opposition and ultimately hurt Sarkozy's presidential ambitions as well. "The problem is, that's exactly what traditional conservative votes don't want any more," Reyni? says of Sarkozy's comments on the labor dispute. "They...