Sarkozy wooing far-right, rivals say POSTED: 9:37 a.m. EDT, April 13, 2007
Le Pen on Sunday contrasted his own French roots with those of Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian nobleman and grandson of a Greek who fought for France in World War One. Sarkozy said the outburst jarred with traditional French values of tolerance. (ttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/13/france.sarkozy.reut/index.html)
Japan moves closer to amending constitution April 13, 2007 (ttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/japan.constitution.ap/index.html)
It is obvious that this legislation is to change the constitution to turn Japan into a country that goes to war," said Akira Kasai, a Communist party lawmaker opposing the legislation shortly before the chamber went to vote.
"The people of Japan are far from rushing to change," said Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a lawmaker of the opposition Social Democratic Party. "Isn't it Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... who is in rush?"