Word: westerner
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Congress votes today on the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, a $2.3 billion military aid package which, many believe, will reduce the flow of illicit drugs into the U.S by 80 percent. In all likelihood, the bill will pass; with the strong support of the Republican leadership, and with midterm elections weeks away, no Senator or Representative will want to appear "soft on drugs" by opposing it. Unfortunately, it appears that a catchy name and the appeal of counter-drug legislation have concealed the content of a bill full of disastrous foreign policy...
Despite the problems with the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, its sponsors, Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.) and Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), considered the bill non-controversial enough to merit "suspension of the rules," a technical procedure limiting the floor debate to one hour and prohibiting amendments. Even more suspect, all relevant House and Senate committees have waived jurisdiction over the bill. Shockingly, Congress has not held one hearing to study the proposal...
...27th Middlesex District, which first elected Wolf in 1996, includes southern and western Cambridge. It contains the Yard dormitories and the Quad...
...Here to see a semi-automatic weapon or two a day is routine. Yet the security measures taken here have no effect on accessibility. Pilgrimage under Israel's control has always been a priority, and despite the potential dangers, one can approach and enter the holy sites like the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock almost 24 hours a day, through metal detectors and under the gaze of sharpshooters. At first it is a bit shocking, to one used to the American fiction of invisible security...
...ambitions of a former president have plunged Albania's capital into chaos, and Western leaders are understandably nervous. Three people have been killed and 14 wounded since Sunday in gun battles between government troops and supporters of ex-president Sali Berisha. Berisha, who was voted out in 1997 after the collapse of a moneymaking pyramid scheme plunged the country into anarchy, claims the current government assassinated one of his key aides. "Berisha's been trying to get back into power ever since his ouster," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "The death of Adem Hajdari is his latest...