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...Cabinet, resigned his post (Welsh Secretary) and declared his candidacy for the Conservative leadership contest that Major himself had boldly scheduled for July 4. Redwood's move ended the appearance of Cabinet unity that Major's supporters had hoped would ensure him victory. The fight now centers on rightist opposition to Britain's economic intergration with Europe. Redwood, a standard-bearer for the Euro-skeptics, read his blunt resignation letter to Major in public: "There is no shortage of people wanting to stand or to support someone other than you." Major, at a European Economic summit in Cannes, fired back...
...they may have been involved in last month's nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Earlier in the week, an Aum official was stabbed to death as he walked through a crowd toward the cult's Tokyo offices; his confessed killer identified himself as a member of a rightist group and said he wanted to kill an Aum leader because of the sect's alleged part in the gassing...
...conservative apologists, on the other hand, are guilty of whitewashing Robertson's sins in the name of their own Rightist agenda. It is one thing to point out that Robertson is not an anti-Semite plain and simple, and is a generous supporter of the State of Israel. It is another thing altogether to assume that his pro-Israel sentiments somehow excuse his anti-Semitic excesses...
...World War II, and it is upsetting to those who believe that Jews who leave Russia should be going to Israel, even the U.S., but in no case to Germany. ``They are going from one hell to another,'' says Dov Shilansky, a member of the Israeli parliament from the rightist Likud group. ``They are living next to people who killed their brethren.'' But many of those who live in Germany argue that they have a right, even a duty, to remain. ``If all of us fled Germany,'' says Shlomit Tulgan, a student in Berlin, ``then Hitler would have achieved...
...choice Republican like Weld or Wilson, and the social issues have always been big in the primaries." But Wilson could have trouble even at home. California conservatives supported his re-election against Kathleen Brown, but they've never trusted him (he raised taxes!), and they might prefer a more rightist candidate. Weld, meanwhile, could be damaged if he doesn't finish near the top in neighboring New Hampshire, where his support for gay rights could hurt...