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House strips Bush of authority to appoint U.S. attorneys
March 30, 2007In a 329-78 vote March 26, the House of Representatives followed the Senate and stripped President George W. Bush of the authority to appoint U.S. attorneys on an interim basis, ending the ability of the Bush...
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WORLD NOTES
March 30, 2007Japan: Accord with Australia seen as targeting China Visiting in Tokyo, Australian Prime Minister John Howard signed an agreement on March 13 with his Japanese counterpart described by the BBC as a “Security Declaration.” A free...
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Palestinians await lifting of U.S.-Israeli siege
March 30, 2007Despite last week’s flurry of diplomatic activity around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including visits to the region by Ban Ki-moon, the UN’s new secretary general, and by Condoleezza Rice, President Bush’s secretary of state, the Palestinian people...
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Zapatistas vow to remake Mexico
March 30, 2007MEXICO CITY — The Zapatista Army of National Liberation Army (EZLN) has vowed to continue its campaign to change Mexico’s political and economic system. The Zapatistas, as part of a larger movement known as “The Other...
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Growing promise of Cuban oil deposits
March 30, 2007“Cuba could be a major regional player in oil,” Jorge Piñon, Amoco’s former Latin American head, told reporters last week. Two international conferences opening in Havana on March 20 testified to the high visibility of oil...
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