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...skeptical U.S. Senators and Congressmen over the past two weeks, many insist they have been told nothing new in behind-closed-doors briefings and remain unconvinced of the imminent danger. NATO members and Arab allies have been openly skeptical of the case for going to war; Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has made rejection of any U.S. "adventure" in Iraq a central plank of his reelection campaign. And South African elder statesman Nelson Mandela this week branded Washington's Iraq policy a "threat to world peace...
...because the President doesn't have the delicately modulated tones of the men in striped pants. (As a South Korean official once said, "George Bush speaks with an iron tongue.") If you do nothing but read the headlines, it would seem that everyone from Nelson Mandela to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder is implacably opposed to a war with Iraq. Both in the Arab world and in Europe, it is feared that unseating Saddam will inflame Muslim opinion, already incensed by American support for Israel in its struggle with the Palestinians. Next, it's said that the U.S. has no clear...
...Allentown, Pa., William Allen High School students will dedicate a 35-ft. mosaic depicting symbols of the events. Volunteers in San Francisco will unfurl artist Pop Zhao's 5-mile-long banner comprising 3,000 American flags and string it along the city's coastline. In Berlin German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder will attend an ecumenical service held in the Berlin Dom. Citizens of Anchorage will be able to make free long-distance phone calls to loved ones at a designated call center. The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., will dedicate the new Memorial Walk, which includes a ribbon-shaped sculpture...
Taxing Times In Germany Just one month before the German election, Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der said he would drop January's personal tax cuts, and perhaps raise corporate taxes from 25% to 26.5% to pay for flood relief. But there is good news: the cleanup should boost Germany's troubled construction industry...
GERMANY Frequent Flyer Chancellor Gerhard Schröder got a gift from an unlikely quarter - the resignation of Gregor Gysi, leader of the Party for Democratic Socialism, the old East German communists. Gysi quit as both party leader and economics minister of Berlin over a scandal about his use of air miles - totted up on official business - for personal trips. The charismatic Gysi was the most prominent PDS figure and the one most popular among people in western Germany and young voters. His resignation could be a lifeline for Schr?der's re-election hopes. If the pds fails to gain...