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...Americans and Europeans worry that the material could be used to develop a bomb. European diplomats have been angered by evidence of Iranian nuclear cheating after previous deals, and Bush aides have been waiting for the election to step up pressure. Nevertheless, U.N. sanctions may founder on a veto by China. If the U.S. threatens unilateral steps, Iranian agents can easily make life harder for U.S. troops in next-door Iraq. The "nightmare scenario" is Israeli air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, which would cause worldwide outrage among Muslims. But a grand bargain welcoming Tehran back into the international community...
...constitutional treaty—which still must be ratified by all 25 member countries—Berlusconi was forced to withdraw Rocco Buttiglione, his appointee to the European Commission (the executive body meant to guide the EU) amidst threats from the European Parliament (the main legislative body) to veto the entire incoming Commission. Buttiglione, a minister in the Berlusconi government who has close ties to the Catholic Church, had expressed conservative personal views about homosexuality, describing it as “a sin,” as well as about women’s role in society...
...Bush's record. By any measure, the government is bigger, more powerful and more intrusive than when he found it. Domestic spending has gone up at a greater rate than under any other President since Lyndon Johnson. The President hasn't found a single spending bill he wanted to veto. And he cannot even blame Congress. His own party controls all of it. In foreign policy, conservatives have long tended to be realists, acting only in response to hard-faced national interest, exercising prudence and caution, only reluctantly intervening in other countries' affairs. That's the kind of conservative Bush...
...institutions, Harvard has an opportunity to spur a divestment campaign in this country. If the University divests, other investment funds susceptible to public pressure, such as state pension funds, may choose to divest as well. With formal economic sanctions in the U.N. rendered impossible by China’s veto power on the Security Council and military intervention in Sudan unlikely at best, Harvard must lead the movement to divest—starving the Sudanese government of the support it requires to fund the genocide in Darfur and signaling American support for human rights in Africa...
...permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has vowed to veto any attempt to impose economic sanctions on Sudan...