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...still unproven story has been vociferously denied by the Spanish government. Nevertheless, the Feb. 20 closure of Egunkaria and the detention of 10 of its managers - five of whom remained in custody last week - have given fresh focus and energy to Basque feelings of martyrdom. A crackdown meant to weaken Basque national solidarity may have done the reverse. For decades, just over 50% of the 2 million residents of the Basque region in northeast Spain have wanted greater autonomy from Spain; others are content with the considerable freedom they already enjoy under an autonomous government with its own police force...
...February 26, Ansar sent a suicide bomber behind PUK lines, killing two soldiers and a taxi driver outside of Halabja. The PUK's dialogue with Komal was designed to isolate and weaken Ansar from a potential ally...
Public approval of Bush's handling of Iraq remains higher than the public assessment of how he has managed the economy. Concerns like Dietz's may be why 61% in the TIME/CNN poll said they believe a war with Iraq would weaken the economy. Such worries also help explain why Americans don't seem to have much appetite for a long war--or a long cleanup. The cost of a prolonged engagement may be why half said the U.S. should stay in Iraq only as long as it takes to stabilize the country rather than undertake the much lengthier task...
...reject any misguided proposals the commission endorses, uphold Title IX and urge its vigorous enforcement. Otherwise he—and ultimately the Bush administration—will have to defend their inexcusable actions to more than half of the population. Title IX helped many women and any attempt to weaken this landmark law will not escape their notice...
...State Department (as has the A.U.C., an umbrella group of vicious right-wing paramilitary armies, and a smaller leftist group known as the E.L.N.). Last week, Uribe convinced the U.N. Security Council to label them as such; and the usually timid Organization of American States pledged to help weaken the FARC, whose land-reform ideology has been poisoned by criminal enterprise. FARC rakes in an estimated $1 billion a year, largely by protecting cocaine traffic. Uribe gained an important victory when the E.U. promised to take "more decisive steps" to combat Colombia's "plague." His government is currently trying Niall...