SUBJECT: The world this week : &NAME 1st - 7th &NAME &NUM &WEBSITE | &NAME Email Thursday &NAME 6th &NUM &NAME now ! | E-mail & Mobile Editions | &NAME &WEBSITE Classifieds for job listings , business opportunities and more : &WEBSITE Classifieds put you in front of our audience of senior business executives , professionals , academics and other specialists . &WEBSITE Classifieds . Full contents Subscriptions Politics this week &NAME 6th &NUM From &NAME print edition &NAME the prosecutor &NAME &NAME 's secretary of state , &NAME &NAME , laid out evidence before &ORG &ORG of &NAME 's efforts to conceal weapons of mass destruction from the &NAME 's weapons inspectors . After displaying telephone intercepts and satellite photographs of material being moved , &NAME &NAME told the council that ;We must not shrink from whatever is ahead of us. &NUM ; But &NAME said the key was to strengthen arms inspections . See article : &NAME &NAME makes the case against &NAME &NAME &NAME , meeting &NAME &NAME on &NAME 4th , failed to persuade him of the case for war against &NAME . &NAME 's Socialists refused to back the conservative government 's support for an attack : ;opportunists, &NUM ; cried the government , which now lags in opinion polls . See article : &NAME and &NAME agree to disagree &NAME 's voters , overwhelmingly opposed to war with &NAME , were told by their de facto leader , &NAME &NAME &NAME , that if &NAME took no part it would have no voice in &NAME 's future . It is under fierce American pressure to let bases there be used for an attack . See article : &NAME 's neighbours &NAME &NAME , chairman of the &ORG , gave warning to its &NUM national leaders one of whom recently issued a &NAME round robin 8212;that if the &NAME did not speak with &NUM voice no one would listen to it . See article : Who speaks for &NAME ? Fallen eagle The space shuttle &NAME broke up on re-entry into the earth 's atmosphere . All &NUM astronauts died . The cause of the accident is still unclear . See article : After the shuttle President &NAME &NAME presented a $ &NUM trillion budget for fiscal &NUM . It increased overall spending by &NUM and estimated that the deficit in this fiscal year would stand at a record $ &NUM billion . Defence spending was increased by $ &NUM billion . See article : Deficits as far as the eye can see &NAME now account for most of the births in &NAME 8212;for the first time since the late &NUM . &NAME under fire &NAME &NAME 's &ORG were humiliated in state elections in &NAME and ( already Social Democrat-held ) &NAME &NAME . &NAME 's conservative opposition thus consolidated its hold on the &NAME , parliament 's upper house , which can block more than half of all legislation passed in the &NAME , the lower house . See article : Humiliation for &NAME &NAME 's parliament approved a new constitution abolishing that name : read ;Serbia and Montenegro &NUM ; . A shambles as &NAME 's House of &NAME debated fresh reform of the House of Lords , which includes &NUM hereditary peers and hundreds of life peers named by successive governments . Many ministers ( and &NAME 's campaign pledges ) back an elected chamber . The &NAME could not agree on an answer . See article : &NAME the House of Lords After last month 's Dutch election , the queen appointed &NUM mediators to explore the prospects for a new coalition government linking the ( just- ) victorious Christian Democrats with the Labour Party . A committee of the &NAME 's constitutional convention began debating whether &NAME should figure in its new charter , possibly as ;the source of truth , justice , good and beauty &NUM ; . &NAME on alert American long-range bombers were on alert to move to Pacific bases if the ;big problem &NUM ; of &NAME &NAME turned into a crisis , &NAME &NAME , the deputy secretary of state , told a &NAME committee . He said &NAME feared that the &NAME would sell nuclear material to other states or terrorists to avoid economic collapse . See article : &NAME , backed by force South Korean tourist officials crossed into &NAME &NAME by road from &NAME when the &NUM countries ' land border was re-opened for the first time in half a century . &NUM other land links are planned . Tourists have previously visited the North by sea . &NAME President &NAME &NAME of &NAME visited &NAME 's President &NAME &NAME in what a Russian commentator said was a move to ;melt the ice &NUM ; between the &NUM countries . &NAME is close to &NAME , &NAME 's historic foe , and supplies it with one of its arms . Striking off In &NAME , President &NAME &NAME claimed victory over his opponents when they called off a two-month general strike . Oil workers continued their strike , but oil production was recovering . The opposition claimed that more than &NUM people voted in an informal ballot on different ways of ending the country 's political conflict . See article : After &NAME 's strike &NAME 's prime minister , &NAME &NAME , and the leaders of provincial governments agreed to expand coverage of the country 's publicly funded health service to cover the cost of some drugs and care at home . The federal government agreed to pay for a larger share of health spending . See article : A row over upgrading &NAME 's health service Last-minute party-switching came close to giving the government of President &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME a majority in the lower house of &NAME 's new &NAME . See article : &NAME 's new Congress In its annual report to &NAME on the drug trade , &NAME 's government chided &NAME , &NAME and Myanmar 8212;and expressed worries about exports of chemicals used for amphetamines and traffic in extra-potent marijuana from &NAME . However , the administration said it would continue with aid to &NAME and &NAME , on grounds of national interest . No deal in &NAME &NAME &NAME , the &NAME 's commissioner for external affairs , visited &NAME to pursue a deal under which &NAME would make various concessions in exchange for a trade and co-operation agreement . He found the reformist government too enfeebled to offer much . See article : &NAME , the &NAME and &NAME &NAME &NAME declared that it had decided to set a limit on foreign workers . Within the next &NUM years it intends to reduce numbers by more than half , bringing the proportion of foreigners down to &NUM of the total population . &NAME The treason trial of &NAME 's opposition leader , &NAME &NAME , began in &NAME . Prosecutors claim he and &NUM others plotted to assassinate President &NAME &NAME . All &NUM defendants pleaded not guilty . See article : &NAME in the dock &NAME sent &NUM troops to &NAME d' &NAME to reinforce the &NUM , &NUM already trying to uphold a recent peace deal to end a civil war . Pro-government crowds in &NAME , the commercial capital , protested against what they saw as French bias in favour of the rebels . CITIES GUIDE ALERTS : Travel with intelligence &WEBSITE 's Cities Guide alerts provide monthly updates containing valuable information on your favourite destination , including news , features , a calendar of cultural events , new restaurant reviews and more . 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