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...officials in Iraq are adamant, however, that there are no parallels between now and then. "As long as the Iraqi people continue to reject violence, al-Qaeda will defeat themselves," says Lieut. Colonel Eric Bloom, a U.S. military spokesman. On Monday, another U.S. military spokesman and two U.S. commanders called me up to insist that there will not be a security devolution to the bad old days when bodies of Sunnis and Shi'ites littered the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Officials Downplay Rash of Baghdad Attacks | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...restrictions, however, on how people can collect signatures, be it in the street or on social-networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Once the signatures are in, the commission has four months to either accept the initiative by drafting a proposed law to go before the E.U. Parliament, or reject it. Petitions can be killed off if the commission finds them outside its remit, or if they are "manifestly against the fundamental values of the E.U." Sefcovic also included safeguards to prevent "silly" initiatives from being proposed or extremists from hijacking the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Direct Democracy: Citizen Initiatives Come to Europe | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...finding common ground; in fact, that's exactly what happened inside the Obama Administration, which is why the President recently proposed new add-on provisions limiting bank size and speculation. So how hard is it going to be for the less staunch to find something in the bill to reject? It's worth noting that the 100%-confident Gregg and Democratic Senator Jack Reed were assigned to hash out compromise rules for derivatives - and failed. Even if they had succeeded, the House might not have gone along. And there are dozens of similar issues that need to be resolved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Financial Reform: Far from a Done Deal in Congress | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

Countries Reject Animal-Protection Proposals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...other side hostage,” Schumacher-Matos says. Proponents of more progressive immigration policies want to leverage the bill’s bipartisan support to pull through comprehensive reform, while their opponents will support the DREAM Act only in exchange for stricter enforcement. There are also those who reject amnesty in any form...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Living in the Shadows | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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