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<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has quietly incorporated a private nonprofit group that can help advance his political goals without disclosing the source of its money.</p> <p>Organizers insist the new corporation, which can raise money, lobby lawmakers and conduct polls, won't be used to hide special-interest donations to Schwarzenegger. But they acknowledged it could legally avoid disclosure under a variety of circumstances.</p>

Friday, 20 December, 2002, 12:04 GMT France creates Muslim council The council will bring relations with Muslims into the openFrench officials and Muslim leaders have agreed to the creation of the first body to represent the country's five million Muslims - Europe's largest community. What we should be afraid of is Islam gone astray, garage Islam, basement Islam, underground Islam The breakthrough comes after several years of efforts to formalise relations between Muslims and the government. These efforts were spurred on by the 11 September attacks in the United States. A final round of talks began on Thursday near Paris...