Arroyo scraps plan to change constitution amid public uproar
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, faced with a
public uproar and the prospect of massive street protests, on
Thursday scrapped plans for a constitutional change that would have
abolished the opposition-led Senate.
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Iran, Arabs want UN action over Israeli nuclear weapons
Iran and Arab states seized on Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert's statement implying that Israel has nuclear weapons,
calling it proof of a regional threat and demanding UN action.
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Gunmen shoot dead Hamas judge at Gaza courthouse
Unidentified gunmen dragged a judge from the
governing Hamas Islamist movement out of a taxi and shot him dead in
front of his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of a
Palestinian civil war.
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