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<p<<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"<Thursday September</FONT<<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"<
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<br<<font face="verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif" size="+1"<<b<Politics this week</b<<br<</font<
<font SIZE="-2" FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" color="999999"<September 27th 2001<br<From The Economist print edition
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<br<<br<<br clear="all"<<div<<font face="verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif"<<b<Fight against terror</b<</font<</div<
<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<The United States detained over 350 suspects in relation to the <b<terrorist attacks </b<of September 11th. Nearly 400 others are being sought for questioning. None of the detainees has been charged with any crime directly related to the assault.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28893_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_5d"<See article: Hard evidence would help</a<
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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<George Bush announced measures to stop the <b<financing of terrorism</b<. He ordered the freezing of assets belonging to 12 organisations, 12 individuals and three charities, including those of Osama bin Laden, his al-Qaeda organisation and individuals associated with him. Mr Bush promised action against foreign banks that did not co-operate with anti-terrorist measures and a task-force to combat the problem.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28892_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_5c"<See article: Getting to them through their money</a<
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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<Mr Bush unveiled plans for greater <b<safety in the air </b<including armed marshals on planes and increased security. America's largest pilots' union called for a change in the law to allow pilots to be sworn in as federal agents mandated to carry guns in the cockpit of their aircraft.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28895_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_5f"<See article: Big government is back</a<
<img src="http://www.economist.com/images/dingbats/e5.gif" hspace="2" width="17" height="10" alt="E+"<</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<As American and allied forces prepared to strike against Afghanistan, aid workers in Pakistan readied themselves for an expected 1m <b<refugees</b<.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28894_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_5e"<See article: What now?</a<
<img src="http://www.economist.com/images/dingbats/e5.gif" hspace="2" width="17" height="10" alt="E+"<</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<<b<Saudi Arabia</b< cut off diplomatic relations with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Since the United Arab Emirates had already severed relations, only Pakistan now has ties with the Taliban. The United States, however, said it was not seeking to overturn the regime.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28898_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_62"<See article: The double-act wears thin</a<
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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<<b<</b<President Vladimir Putin of <b<Russia</b< said he would support the forces of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance in their fight against the Taliban as part of his co-operation with America's battle against terrorism. He also said he might talk to the leader of Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya, which is still fighting for its independence.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28897_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_61"<See article: Having second thoughts?</a<
<img src="http://www.economist.com/images/dingbats/e5.gif" hspace="2" width="17" height="10" alt="E+"<</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<In response to the terrorist attacks, foreign ministers from Latin America invoked the <b<Rio treaty</b<, a mutual-defence pact dating from the cold war, and pledged to co-operate in the struggle against terrorism. But polls suggested that public opinion in Latin America is cool towards an American military response.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28902_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_54"<See article: Together, for now</a<
<img src="http://www.economist.com/images/dingbats/e5.gif" hspace="2" width="17" height="10" alt="E+"<</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<<b<Spanish </b<police said they had broken up a cell of people linked to Osama bin Laden. </font<</p<
<br clear="all"<<div<<font face="verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif"<<b<Ceasefire on demand?</b<</font<</div<
<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<Under intense American pressure, and despite reduced but continuing violence, <b<Ariel Sharon</b< dropped his opposition to a meeting between his foreign minister, Shimon Peres, and Yasser Arafat. The two met at Gaza airport and agreed to try to extend the fragile Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, and to meet again.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
<a href="http://TheEconomist.s.maildart.net/link_28901_6453174_2_80010922_60368779_1_53"<See article: The beginning of the end of the Palestinian uprising?</a<
<img src="http://www.economist.com/images/dingbats/e5.gif" hspace="2" width="17" height="10" alt="E+"<</font<</p<

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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<President Robert Mugabe's ruling party won a by-election in <b<Zimbabwe</b<. There was pressure on the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule soon, for the second time, on the legality of farm seizures. </font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<Frederick Chiluba, <b<Zambia's</b< president, lost one of his closest allies when Michael Sata left the government and his job as national secretary of the ruling party. He claimed that Mr Chiluba's choice of candidate for the presidential election that must be held this year was illegal. </font<</p<
<br clear="all"<<div<<font face="verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif"<<b<Poland turns left</b<</font<</div<
<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<In <b<Poland's</b< general election, the ex-communist Democratic Left Alliance won easily, with 41% of the vote. The outgoing centre-right government, based on the Solidarity trade-union movement, took only 6% of the vote—and no seats in parliament at all.</font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<
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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<<font size="-1"<NATO </font<troops in <b<Macedonia </b<completed their collection of weapons handed in by ethnic-Albanian rebels as part of a peace plan. The country's parliament approved constitutional amendments to give ethnic Albanians a better deal. But its government wrangled over how big <font size="-1"<NATO</font<'s follow-up force should be and over how long it should stay.</font<</p<

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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<A gunman, apparently with a local grudge, killed at least 14 people after storming into a local assembly in Zug, in central <b<Switzerland</b<.</font<</p<
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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<In <b<Macau's </b<first election since the former Portuguese colony was returned to China in 1999, a pro-democracy group gained two of the ten directly elected seats in the largely appointed legislature. The result was reckoned good for the democrats, who have complained of corruption and vote-buying by other groups. </font<</p<

<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<As part of a campaign to save energy, civil servants in <b<Thailand</b< have been told to remove their jackets at work so that less air conditioning is needed to keep them cool.</font<</p<
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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<In another embarrassment for <b<America's intelligence services</b<, the <font size="-1"<FBI</font< charged a senior Pentagon analyst with spying for Cuba.</font<</p<

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<p<<font FACE="verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size="-1"<The price of <b<coffee</b< sank to its lowest level in three decades as the Association of Coffee Producing Countries scrapped a failed buffer-stock scheme. Tens of thousands of labourers have been laid off in Latin America this year as coffee prices have fallen below production costs.</font<</p<

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