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...string of controversies are bound to "affect the perception of the people about the police force," says Saravanan Murugan, a Senator in Malaysia's appointed upper house and a senior member of the Malaysian Indian Congress, the Indian component of the country's ruling coalition. "The people have a right to be concerned...
...Despite the high disapproval ratings and the fact that consumer confidence is down some 20 points, polls show that it's unlikely to significantly affect Blair's chances of reelection. That's because the opposition is not seen as credible. Labor has a lead of more than 20 points in the polls, and although it'll be a lot closer than that on election day, it's almost inconceivable that the Tories could win. Still, the crisis will probably prompt Blair to stick by the May 3 election day, so as to avoid giving the Conservatives more time to make...
...vote in Baden-Württemberg is too close to call. The state has been governed by the cdu for almost 50 years, but if the sdp can pull off an upset, Schröder's party would once again control the upper house of parliament. That would affect not only Schröder's pending legislative agenda, such as pension reform, but also next year's election that will choose a new German government...
...more, February's uptick in prices, which brings euro-zone inflation up to a 2.6% annual rate, gives the E.C.B. plenty of reason to sit on its hands for a little longer. (The central bankers consider inflation above 2% unacceptable.) "They have a view that monetary policy will only affect the economy with a lag of nine to 18 months," says Julian Callow, an economist at Credit Suisse First Boston. "So they want to be very sure before they cut rates." The risk is that they've waited too long already. Merrill Lynch strategist Michael Hartnett is holding out hope...
...face each other in California's Supreme Court, where the case could produce a landmark decision about whether the extremely incapacitated--some doctors use the term "minimally conscious"--can be denied medical care. Dr. Vincent Fortanasce, a leading Los Angeles neurologist who examined Wendland, believes that the ruling could affect hundreds of thousands of brain- injured people who need feeding tubes to survive...