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Major Weakens

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on the troubles of British Prime Minister John Major. With a little more than three months before a general election, his authority within the Conservative party is disappearing. The most recent setback is over his get-tough-on-crime legislation. Last night, the House of Lords rejected a key portion of that legislation which concerned wiretapping.

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