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...think tank with close ties to Labour, says that "six years of warm words but no action have left Blair with a big credibility gap, both on the Continent and with the pro-European movement here." The Conservatives sense an opportunity to turn the tables on Blair. His tactic has been to paint them as ideological extremists who focus on the euro but really want out of the E.U. altogether...
...gain bargaining leverage. The North's envoys "are certainly obnoxious," a senior U.S. State Department official said after the talks ended. But claiming to have joined the nuclear club is a dangerous gambit that could cost Kim the few allies he has - and it's an especially risky tactic to use against the take-no-prisoners Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Before the week was out, the White House said it would rally its allies to support international economic sanctions against the North. "We're not going to allow ourselves to be intimidated or blackmailed by threats," said...
...some observers say the North has already concluded that it must have a nuclear arsenal, no matter what - meaning talks would merely be a stalling tactic to provide the North with cover to carry on N-bomb development. And although Washington has consistently expressed confidence that a diplomatic solution can be reached, its own motives are suspect. Bush has said he "loathes" Kim, and Republican hawks say they hate the idea of dickering with the North. The previous U.S. President, Bill Clinton, used economic blandishments to get North Korea to mothball its nuke program - but in October the North triggered...
...trial is expected next month. It might help answer the question of whether the government can use secret testimony in cases of national security or whether such a tactic is too great a danger to constitutional protections...
...SARS, are being quarantined in their midst. Naturally, we didn't want to hand over our notebooks to the irate security officials who could arrest those we'd spoken to for illegally fraternizing with foreign journalists. After a couple hours of unsuccessful interrogation, the local cops changed their tactic: they would forcibly invite us to attend a banquet thrown on our behalf. The copious alcohol was apparently intended to improve our disappointingly meager accounting of our visit...