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...Jerusalem, but then the Anglican bishop there said he had enough problems without a divisive conference on his turf. The site was switched to Jordan, but on Wednesday the Jordanian border authorities delayed Akinola and another bishop from entering the country. The reasons were not stated, but opponents suggest that the Jordanians finally caught up with some of the remarks Akinola made in Nigeria a few years ago that may have contributed to violence between Christians and Muslims...
...identity-fraud laws. While no American should take joy in the pain resulting from crackdowns on illegal immigration, the illegals accepted the risks of being caught when they entered the country. Before the law can be reviewed or changed, it needs to be enforced. I can respect people who suggest changes to our immigration laws, even if I disagree with their proposals. I have trouble respecting anyone who feels that existing laws should be ignored. Scott Slattery, Houston, Texas...
...Irish result set off a whirl of confusion, with officials struggling to suggest how the E.U. might respond. "The Treaty is not dead," said European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. "We should now try to find a solution." The first step, he urged, would be to continue the process of ratification, a task all other member states have left to their parliaments. "The ratification process is made up of 27 national processes, 18 member states have already approved the treaty, and the European Commission believes that the remaining ratifications should continue to take their course," he said...
...going to be massively difficult," Brady said. "Ireland is the only one of the E.U.'s 27 countries to have a referendum on the treaty, as it is legally obliged to do. But the high turnout, and high 'no' vote, suggest we could not expect another referendum any time soon. At the same time, the overwhelming message from those who voted no was that they did not understand the treaty, and that they thought others would vote...
...Venezuela's maverick President begun to mellow? On June 8, Hugo Chávez urged the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to end its violent campaign against the Colombian government, six months after calling for the rebels to be taken off the U.S. list of terrorist organizations. Some analysts suggest that the President may be toning down his rhetoric to soften his image in the run-up to Venezuela's state and local elections in November--and possibly to avoid giving ammunition to anti-Chávez Republican candidates in the U.S. this fall...