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To: Elsewhere who wrote (26589)	1/27/2004 2:41:27 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

British Leader Seeks to Quell Party Rebellion By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:22 p.m. ET LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair narrowly defeated a rebellion in his governing Labour Party Tuesday against plans to increase university fees. A last-minute campaign to secure backing for the much criticized legislation paid off when 316 lawmakers voted in favor, while 311 voted against. A defeat would have been Blair's first in Parliament since taking office in 1997. The victory offered Blair a brief reprieve during one of the tensest weeks of his leadership. On Wednesday, a senior judge is due to publish a report into the death of a weapons adviser caught up in a controversy over the government's justification of the war in Iraq. Copyright 2004 The Associated Press

To: Elsewhere who wrote (26589)	1/27/2004 11:12:15 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

This looks like a good Euro Political Blog, JJ. Schroeder's SPD: No Bottom in Sight / Schröders SPD: Kein Ende in Sicht (Deutsche Übersetzung siehe unten) German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's left-wing SPD is at an all-time historical low: the SPD would collect only 24 per cent if general elections were held now, according to the lastest opinion poll. That's 2 per cent less than a week before. The SPD's coalition partner, the Green Party, is at 9 per cent (-1 per cent). The two opposition parties, the conservative CDU/CSU (50 per cent) and the libertarian FDP (8 per cent), gained 1 per cent each. medienkritik.typepad.com