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...Italian legislature to protect Berlusconi from a bribery prosecution that he says is politically motivated. These laws were capped in June by an immunity bill that stopped the trial against him dead in his tracks - guaranteeing that his time as E.U. president won't be sullied by a verdict. Berlusconi has spent the two years since taking office preparing for his E.U. role by stuffing his own legal problems into a closet and slamming the door. But his conflict-of-interest problem remains, as even one supporter admits, "as big as a house." The Prime Minister is also the country...
...fact that all parties in the region have been waiting for Hamas to deliver its verdict on the cease-fire proposed by Abbas underscores the growing role of the Islamist movement in Palestinian political life. While Secretary of State Colin Powell dismisses Hamas as "a handful of individuals" who must not be allowed to "blow up the roadmap," the reality is plainly more complex. Hamas is believed by Israeli security services to have fewer than 1,000 men under arms in Gaza, compared with some 50,000 on the payroll of the PA security forces. But those numbers...
...biggest Volvo ever made for consumers and probably the most anticipated: the automaker's first true SUV, the model XC90. Just weeks on the market, its sales are red hot. But how does it drive? We took it for a spin. Verdict: the XC90 has brawn and backbone, blending the solid chassis of a Swedish sedan with the commanding stance of an SUV. The driver has a high, clear view of the road, and the controls are easy to read and reach. Volvo's designers added such nifty touches as a children's booster seat in the middle...
...ACQUITTED. JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET, 60, governor of the Bank of France; in Paris. Trichet had been charged with complicity in falsifying accounts to hide losses of then state-owned bank Cr?dit Lyonnais in the early 1990s when he headed the French Treasury. The verdict clears the way for Trichet to become the next president of the European Central Bank after current head Wim Duisenberg steps down in October...
...months now, many educators have feared the worst. They glumly figured that the Supreme Court would find that the University of Michigan's admission policy unfairly counted race as a factor. But that wasn't the case. The courts ruled in a split verdict that the undergraduate admissions policy was indeed unfair because it was too narrowly defined, but that the law school's affirmative action practice was constitutional...