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Chavez Proposal Clears Way
for Lifelong Presidency

Aug 16, 2007 3:06 AM CDT

Chavez Proposal Clears Way for Lifelong Presidency

Amendment would wipe out term limits

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made a power grab toward a president-for-life position, packaging a proposal granting him unlimited terms with a measure to cap the workday at six hours. The constitutional amendment would extend terms from six to seven years and remove the two-term limit that would otherwise force...

Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

Jul 24, 2007 7:30 AM CDT

Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

Visitors to Venezuela may face deportation

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez says he will expel any foreigner criticizing his regime from Venezuela, an apparent reaction to skeptical remarks by a Mexican politician who recently visited Caracas. The warning came in a 6-hour television address that suggests a drift away from democracy, the Guardian reports; a draft constitution due next...

EU Leaders OK New Treaty

Jun 24, 2007 11:48 AM CDT

EU Leaders OK New Treaty

Brussels summit ends with hard-won deal to replace failed constitution

(Newser) - EU negotiators pulled an all-nighter and the German chancellor played a risky game of chicken with Poland en route to reaching an agreement on a treaty that will govern the 27-nation body. The deal resurrects much of the ill-fated 2005 constitution while streamlining bureaucracy and introducing a top foreign-policy position...

Germany, UK Court Sarkozy in EU Dispute

May 17, 2007 6:43 AM CDT

Germany, UK Court Sarkozy in EU Dispute

French president could be be key to European constitution

(Newser) - Hours after Nicolas Sarkozy became president of France, both Germany and Britain began wooing him—Germany to win his support for a European constitution, Britain to secure his opposition to it. Sarkozy immediately huddled with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor who has been lobbying hold-outs with one-on-one talks, the London...

Pelosi Is a Felon

Apr 6, 2007 9:00 PM CDT

Pelosi Is a Felon

And We Mean It

(Newser) - Mr. Turner, a lawyer and forme assistant secretary of state in the Reagan administration says Speaker Pelosi is a felon under a 1799 law known as the Logan Act. Citing Marbury v Madison, perhaps the most cited legal case in American legal history, he says that Pelosi breached the...