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Helms says he will use his powers as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to derail William Weld's nomination to become ambassador to Mexico because Weld supports the decriminalization of marijuana for medical use.
He was studiously neutral, utterly unflappable and unfailingly optimistic as bombs, killings and expulsions threatened to derail the peace process.
Even his latest act of spite, the attempt to derail William Weld's nomination as ambassador to Mexico, is being interpreted charitably by conservative pundits as a sign of Helms' commitment to a tough anti-drug policy.
To enhance Algeria's chances of peace, Pakistan's Dawn said in an editorial that the recent upsurge of political violence--at least 130 people have been killed by armed extremists in recent weeks--must "not be allowed to weaken or derail" the peace efforts.
And Yeltsin's attack on the Parliament was, in my view, a necessary evil, given the Communist Party's continuing attempt to derail democratization and market reform.