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...religious right to back Sharon. The next day, as Secretary of State Colin Powell headed to the Middle East, a group of Evangelical leaders led by the Rev. Jerry Falwell and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer sent Bush a letter demanding that the Administration "end pressure" on Sharon to withdraw from the West Bank. After Falwell adjured his followers to do the same, the White House was flooded with calls and e-mails. The next day, sources say, senior presidential aides phoned Falwell to reassure him that Bush stood behind Sharon...
...indeed, coming. Soon after, about 120 reenactors portraying British regulars marched up the road and confronted the Minute Men holding the green. The redcoats were booed by the umbrella-toting crowd. Tension rose among the crowd and reenactors as the British gave an order for the Minute Men to withdraw. They did not move. The British advanced. And then a shot was fired. Volleys of fire criss-crossed the green and the Minute Men fled with British in pursuit. When the heavy amount of smoke cleared, eight colonials were dead. The Minute Men survivors returned to the green, the crowd...
...idea with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, who will visit Crawford, Texas, this week. But Bush's perceived approval of the Israeli military offensive has infuriated Arab leaders. The Saudis say that before agreeing to participate in peace talks, Abdullah will insist that Sharon lift the siege on Arafat, withdraw fully from the newly occupied territories and settle territorial disputes with Syria and Lebanon...
...Minister and the five-day closure of all banks. Duhalde named Roberto Lavagna as the country's sixth Economy Minister in 12 months, after the protest resignation of Jorge Remes Lenicov. Banks reopened for limited operations only after Congress passed a law making it almost impossible for consumers to withdraw cash...
...statement he made on April 4. In that address Bush for the first time lined up all the carrots and sticks to wheedle and whack both Israelis and Palestinians to the bargaining table. The idea was simple, maybe too simple: if Bush demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdraw from the West Bank and that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat call off the terrorists, the two sides could get down to business. But when neither man complied, Bush seemed to give up after a week. When the GOP's right wing unleashed a tide of e-mails and telephone calls...