Corridors of Power: Bhutto, Slovenia, and Sarko on Religion.

The article presents updates related to world politics. One Washington friend of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto says he had urged her to tone down her rhetoric against Islamic fundamentalists because she did not have adequate protection against their retaliation. The Western Balkan nation of Slovenia assumes the six-month presidency of the European Union. President Nicolas Sarkozy's remarks about the role of religion in society has sparked a debate in France on the separation of church and state.