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...write off Olmert. Four previous investigations into suspected bribery and influence peddling produced no charges, which could well be the outcome of the latest probe. Olmert has vowed that if he is indicted he will resign, which would trigger off a messy war of succession within his own centrist Kadima party - a scenario nobody wants. Should Olmert be ousted, Israel would face early elections, which polls currently show would be won by the conservative Likud party, led by ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, a staunch critic of Olmert's peace efforts...
...year-old had long been considered a prospective Taoiseach (pronounced tee-shuck), but was suddenly catapulted into office by the surprise resignation of Bertie Ahern, his colleague in the centrist Fianna Fail party. Ahern, the longest serving Irish premier of modern times, announced his resignation last month to concentrate on defending himself before a tribunal investigating payments to politicians...
...Poisoned Atmosphere The outcome of the elections could spell the end of Serbia's European dreams. Moderate voices are in retreat. The centrist president Boris Tadic, who publicly endorsed a "stabilization" agreement aimed at starting negotiations to join the E.U, has become the subject of a hate campaign. After the signing of the E.U. agreement, the nationalist tabloid Kurir carried a photo of Tadic and a colleague toasting the deal under the headline "Serbian Pigs Rejoice! They Gave Away Kosovo!" Tadic reportedly received a letter recently accusing him of "treason" and promising him "a bullet in the forehead." Authorities...
...brought the post-fascist movement into the mainstream in 1993 with the founding of the National Alliance party. Alemanno served as agriculture minister in Berlusconi's 2001-2006 government, and was allied in the mayoral run with Berlusconi backers in the newly formed Freedom Party. After years of centrist Christian Democratic mayors and a 15-year grip by the center-left, Rome now has its first rightist mayor since World...
...than what's right" [April 14]. Playwright David Mamet recently abandoned his lifelong allegiance to the Democratic camp, saying its worldview could be summed up thus: "that everything is always wrong." This totally negative attitude will be the Democratic Party's downfall unless it can return to a more centrist position. Joop van der Lijn, Palmerston North, New Zealand...