Blackmun said it would evaluate whether it could replace the Boston proposal with another city -- Los Angeles has long been rumored as ready to take Boston's place -- but it could also decide to forgo the 2024 bidding process altogether.
A12 Bush Stance on Israel Plan President Bush said, after meeting with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, that he would welcome a withdrawal of Israeli forces and settlers from Gaza but warned that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for pullback should not replace the White House's proposal for negotiations that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state.
A key feature of the plan is a rolling application process, which will replace the system of proposal windows that opened and closed somewhat unpredictably.
Navitus project director Mike Unsworth said the smaller option had not replaced the original proposal, to which they "remain fully committed" and is the result of four years of consultation.
The proposal would replace the "annual review boards" that the Bush administration had used to revisit its decision to hold each prisoner.
Daniel L. Anderson, president of Appalachian Bible College in Bradley, W. Va., said he found the proposal to replace the nation's private accreditation system with one established by Congress especially troubling.
The proposal to replace the structure, which has extensive damage from moisture and bad concrete, was opposed by residents who argued that repairing it would be cheaper.
"The prime minister did not ask the opinion of his party," Abdelhamid Jelassi, Ennahda's vice president, said in a statement reported on the party's Web site that rejected the proposal to replace the government with technocrats not affiliated with any party.
The proposal to replace the United Nations expert committee on tax with a fully-fledged agency is seen by governments, multilateral agencies and NGOs alike as the most important issue on the conference agenda, as it would give developing countries an equal say in global tax rules and help them combat tax avoidance and evasion.
"Annan to Offer Plans for Change in U.N. Structure" (front page, March 21) was right to highlight the proposal to replace the Commission on Human Rights with a smaller Human Rights Council, which would consistently monitor and evaluate abuses around the world, especially in areas of instability.
