【正文】 try is “a real problem” to a deal on a “roadmap” plan for a new European Union（EU）treaty according to Jean Asselborn? of the following statements is true about Mohammed Farah Hirsi? many people were killed in the suicide bomb attack according to Kabul’s police criminal branch chief, Ali Shah Paktiawal? Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following : Nice to see you, Madame for talking with : Good to see you, : You’re wearing your dove I take that to mean that you are hopeful about the oute of restarting the peace process? W: was given to me by Leah Rabin, and she said it took a lot of doves to make peace in the Middle I do think that there is an opportunity here, a window of opportunity, but it’s not going to last very so this meeting, Tom, is truly important, and I hope that what you’ve reported is so, is that the administration will give direct assistance to Mahmoud : Let’s talk about the specific nuance, really, of that the past, it’s been indirect do you think direct assistance is critical now? W: Well, because I think that democracy has to was elected, and he is arguably the only really democratically elected leader in the the problem is that the conditions in Gaza have not really improved in a way that makes people realize that they have a stake in having a peaceful solution to this : There’s a history, as you well know, of fraud and corruption in some of that of the money has gone to groups the United States considered to be terror do you cut that risk of giving direct aid that doesn’t go to causes that the US obviously wouldn’t support? W: Well, I think at the same time, President Bush and others in the administration have to make clear that there has to be accountability for this money, that there can’t be corruption, that Abbas has to really get control over those kinds of also, that he has to fulfill what are his responsibilities of making sure that security is maintained, that various groups are : As you well know, the problem historically has been how does the US support a leader without giving so much support that it actually undermines the credibility of the leader? What’s the fine line here? W: Well, but here, what happened when Abbas was prime minister before, was that there really was not enough support given to him so that he didn’t have the at this stage, I think the issue is one where he requires this kind of support from us and other countries, by the way, to show that he can deliver some goods to the people, and that jobs are is part of also the problem here, is there needs to be employment in : Are your expectations that, in fact, President Bush will give Mahmoud Abbas what he wants, which is money, but also mitment? W: Well, we have to see, because at the moment, we’ve not heard whether they’re going to be any special envoys or how much effort the president himself and Secretary Rice are going to put into this , in the letter that you cited that appeared today, Abbas made quite clear that he needs American support in bringing the parties together in order to move forward on the peace : In exchange, the president, obviously, is going to want Mahmoud Abbas to be able to reign in some of the terror organizations that are affiliated with Palestinian you think Mahmoud Abbas can deliver on that critical point? W: Well, he has moved forward on it, and he’s dismissed some security chiefs that were not doing the job, and he has indicated that he understands the importance of so I hope that that point es ’ve met with—I saw Abbas yesterday, and I also saw the new foreign minister, AlKidwa, and they are very much aware that controlling the violence and getting security under control is part of the bargain they also want to see the Israelis remove themselves from Gaza, and then make sure that the roadmap is followed out in terms of the twostate : Did he ask for any advice, and what did you tell him? W: Well, I, we, were, Kidwa and I know each other very well, because he was the representative at the UN when I was there, and we basically talked about the importance of moving forward, making sure the administration, in fact delivers, and that—the um, Abbas would—will deliver himself in terms of what is promised and what is is Madame Secretary wearing her dove pin? does Madame Secretary think direct assistance is critical now? did Abbas want clearly from US in the letter that appear today? shall the president ask Abbas to do as part of the exchange? did Madame Secretary and Kidwa talk about? Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following the seaside town of Brighton in southern England the ruling Labour Party’s annual conference is getting ’s a time for both MPs and grassroots members to take stock of how the party is doing, to discuss policy and to hear, hopefully, inspiring party delegates will be hoping too for plenty of coverage from the media assembled in politics it appears it’s not so much what you do but what you seem to be doing that counts, and for politicians public relations can seem to be as important as in Britain have long had great influence over Governments, much to the resentment of the seventyfive years ago, the then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin accused the two big press barons, Lords Beaverbrook and Rothermere, of running their papers as “engines of propaganda” for the “personal wishes and dislikes of two men”.He famously accused them of seeking “power without responsibility—the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages”.It’s hard to imagine the current Prime Minister Tony Blair attacking the tabloid press so book out this week, written by one of his former press advisers, claims he was “obsessed” with the media during his first term in Government, sometimes making up policy on the hoof simply to give newspapers and broadcasters a one occasion, it says, was due to go on breakfast television with the veteran interviewer Sir David Frost and the Sunday papers were full of reports of a new rift with his Chancellor of the Ex