Since the split between the federal Belgrade administration, run by allies of President Slobodan Milosevic, and the Montenegrin leadership headed by reformist President Milo Djukanovic, many Montenegrins are reportedly trying to avoid military service in the Belgrade-controlled Yugoslav army.

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But the investigation into one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's closest allies is seen as potentially awkward months before federal elections.

BBC: File photo: German Education Minister Annette Schavan

But the investigation into one of Chancellor Merkel's closest allies is seen as potentially awkward months before Germans vote in federal elections.

BBC: German minister Annette Schavan stripped of doctorate

Federal and state governments have stepped up surveillance of suspected terrorists and their allies and high-risk targets, like government buildings and shopping malls.

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We have built local allies in faith based communities, other ethnic based organizations, city, state and federal elected offices and have worked tirelessly to make Brooklyn the wonderful place it is.

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Federal gun control legislation, meanwhile, has stalled in Congress amid strong opposition from the NRA and its allies in the US Senate.

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Some of her allies said it could mean an early end to the coalition, which is supposed to last until the federal election in September 2009.

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