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...said she wants to "increase pressure on corporations to withdraw from the country," and said she believes that Harvard students can have an impact...
...Prospects for peace in Central Africa improved dramatically with a multinational agreement to pull back troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.N. Security Council ordered combatants to withdraw from the frontlines within two weeks of March 15. The resolution was adopted unanimously after a three-day U.N. conference of the six countries and three rebel groups involved in Africa's widest conflict. The plan calls for 3,000 U.N. personnel to monitor the withdrawal until a final timetable is drawn up by May 15. Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to the appointment of former Botswana leader Ketumile Masire...
...insist that we adhere to a 1972 treaty signed with the defunct Soviet Union that prohibited either side from developing missile defenses. That the treaty is obsolete--it long predates the world of rogue states racing to acquire missile-launched weapons of mass destruction--does not concern the Russians. Withdraw from the treaty, they said, and you have destroyed the "strategic stability" on which the peace of the world depends...
Most of the sessions took place in a suite at Jerusalem's King David Hotel. According to details provided by Erakat and his partner in the talks, security chief Dahlan, Israel agreed to withdraw from as much as 95% of the West Bank, compared with 89% at Camp David. The Israeli side dealt in terms of recognizing Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem and most of the Old City. The Palestinians agreed to cede 3% of the West Bank so large Jewish settlements could be incorporated into Israel. The Palestinians approved an Israeli demand for U.S. and other forces...
...enjoys, President George W. Bush has attempted to stall the bill. Bush objects to the amount of punitive damages allowed by the bill--undermining his previous campaign promise to support a bipartisan solution to the problem of patients' rights. Bush has already persuaded Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) to withdraw his name from sponsorship of the bill in the House. Should Bush continue his efforts to stave off a plan that may well have the support of 60 senators, he will undermine his claim to govern as a uniter, not a divider...