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...peace process already provides the framework; there should be no need for more negotiations. At a summit meeting a year ago in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Kabila and Kagame agreed to disarm the Hutu militia in Congo and ease their repatriation to Rwanda . But neither leader has upheld his end of the bargain with conviction (Kabila has not disarmed Hutu militia operating his territory). Even before the latest upsurge in fighting by Nkunda there were numerous violations of the ceasefire on both sides. (See pictures of Congo on the break...
...from an oil-services company executive. Although he claims he is innocent and is fighting to overturn the court decision, Stevens' Senate colleagues, particularly from his own party, have made it clear that the 84-year-old will not be allowed to rejoin the Senate if his conviction is upheld. Although it has never happened before, the Senate could move to expel the Senator by a two-thirds vote...
...Some leaders have insisted that the E.U. should not waver. French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that the targets and timetable would be upheld, but offered "solutions" for those having trouble meeting them. "The climate package is so important that we cannot simply drop it, under the pretext of a financial crisis," he said. "If we scale back our ambitions then we count for nothing...
...Connecticut Gay Marriage Upheld Connecticut became the third U.S. state to legalize gay marriage when its supreme court ruled 4-3 that a law against gay marriage discriminated against sexual orientation and was thus unconstitutional. The law, passed in 2005, legalized civil unions but specified that marriage involved "one man and one woman." A University of Connecticut poll found that 53% of residents supported the ruling, although Connecticut governor M. Jodi Rell said she disagreed with...
...Mary's College with what seemed like documents aplenty: her approved voter registration card for St. Joseph County, where St. Mary's is located, along with her school photo ID, Social Security card and driver's license from Illinois, where she grew up. But under a 2005 Indiana law - upheld last April in a Supreme Court decision that has rankled voter advocates more than any other case since Bush v. Gore - Meentz was refused a ballot because she did not have an in-state ID. And without so much as an explanation of her options, like a provisional or absentee...