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...well as concern that it will soon fail. But, as a final strategy to upset U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq, the memo suggests provoking strife between the country's two main religious factions--the Sunnis and the Shi'ites--through attacks on Shi'ites, who would then presumably strike back at Sunnis. Shi'ite-Sunni discord is already problem enough for U.S. occupation authorities without al-Qaeda's stirring up more trouble...
...that "integration, racial equality and occupational access in France won't happen without positive discrimination and the legal evil of quotas. I'm all for a secularity law, but that's just the top branch of a huge and troubled tree." There are signs that France is beginning to strike at the roots. Two weeks ago the Raffarin government established a new administration for renovating decrepit housing projects, a measure long sought by Junior Minister for Urban Affairs Jean-Louis Borloo. The National Agency for Urban Renovation intends to refurbish or build new housing for nearly 6 million banlieue residents...
...sound as they snipe and push each other around the stage. Save for the unanimous critical praise for the mechanical’s concluding performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe,” which prompted mad hooting and a standing ovation from the audience, Midsummer seems to strike viewers as a dark dream...
...could have used, but the call never came. Instead, Berlusconi is at home dealing with escalating labor unrest, deepening consumer pessimism and fractious coalition partners. It seems that everyone - doctors, judges, steelworkers, bus drivers - is venting anger over Berlusconi's handling of the economy. Last week a one-day strike of some 150,000 doctors and other medical workers forced the cancellation of nearly 700,000 nonemergency operations and appointments. Doctors, who are planning a two-day strike in March, complain that the government hasn't renewed their contract and is trying to replace the national health-care system with...
...been receiving). Since independent unions are banned, they took their protest directly to the government, spending a night outside city hall. The next day their employer, a Hong Kong firm called Max Infosystems, raised salaries but cut meal subsidies by the same amount, according to one of the strike's organizers. China's detractors still have powerful weapons at their disposal. Before agreeing to allow China into the World Trade Organization, Washington negotiated a deal giving it broad powers to block Chinese products that "surge" into the market - no proof of dumping required. As U.S. elections draw near, pressure...