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...plane landed from Helsinki. Soon after her return, Serifovic became the object of a parliamentary debate, as legislators from various parties each claimed her support. "Marija Serifovic and her mother Verica both endorsed our party during the [January] election campaign," claimed Rajko Djuric, a chairman of the Serbian Roma Union, a party representing ethnic gypsies. "This is a shameless lie," retorted Aleksandar Vucic of the Radical Party. "Jasko Serifovic, Marija's grandfather, has been a member of our party since 1995." The debate was interrupted by the singer herself, when she paid a short visit to the parliament on Monday...
...million-- Chrysler has long pledged to take care of virtually all its U.S. employees' medical expenses when they retire. Faced in recent years with stagnant sales and rising health-care costs, the automakers have been ratcheting down those benefits (mainly by requiring co-pays and contributions) for retirees without union contracts. Then, in 2005, General Motors and Ford persuaded the United Auto Workers (UAW) to break open an existing contract to cut health benefits for both current and retired workers. Chrysler couldn't get a similar break because at the time it appeared healthier than its Detroit brethren; plus...
Gettelfinger has long argued that the best way to cut automakers' costs without shafting workers would be to move to government-run universal health care. Another possibility, pioneered last year by tiremaker Goodyear: paying the union a lump sum to take over retiree health care for good. But health-care reform won't come for a couple of years, if ever, and for automakers that lump sum would be staggering. So it's hard to see how Detroit can avoid a major showdown this summer. Road Race. The Fight for the U.S. Market [This article contains a complex diagram. Please...
...personal friend Rafik Hariri in 2005, Chirac teamed up with Washington to co-author a U.N. push to break Syria's hold on Lebanon, and to seek justice for those behind Hariri's murder. And despite the major setback he suffered in 2004 when French voters rejected the European Union constitution he supported, Chirac's strong pro-European positions made him a vital partner for German leaders seeking to push ahead wit h EU expansion and consolidation. In stark contrast to Sarkozy and many other conservative European leaders, meanwhile, Chirac has continued to back Turkey's eventual entry...
...departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs jointly launched the Transition Assistance Program in 1989, and each branch of the military has since then added its own workshops. States help, too, with internship programs for wounded vets or assistance in launching businesses. Then there are the corporations - Home Depot, Union Pacific, Starbucks, Raytheon, Dunkin' Donuts, Merrill Lynch - that trumpet veteran-hiring programs with names like Operation Career Front...