| | The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Spain's prime minister, a Bush ally, to step aside (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | MADRID, Spain Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, one of President Bush's strongest allies, has decided to step aside as head of the ruling Popular Party and will not run for a third term in elections next March, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. |
 | | Israel has full diplomatic relations with three Arab countries; Egypt, Jordan and Mauritania, but Mauritania is the only one of the three who has kept its ambassador in Israel during the three years of Israeli-Palestinian violence. |
 | | The turmoil erupted when President Chandrika Kumaratunga fired three powerful Cabinet ministers, ordered Parliament suspended for two weeks and briefly declared a state of emergency all while Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesing was out of the country. |
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