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...ADVANI: Since 1984, Congress has been shrinking and the BJP [has been] rising. And on the foreign origin [of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi], even the opposition is not ready to accept her as Prime Minister. It's not personal vilification. It's an issue...
...equivalent to selling a book on the express (though not explicitly agreed upon) stipulation that a whole group of potential readers couldn’t break a seal put on chapter 10. There’s nothing in the process of buying a DVD that forces you to accept this agreement, but rather the federal government has now bestowed upon the recording studio the right to tell you how to use your copy of a movie they made...
...country's new Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who managed to convince that country's powerful military that a unified Cyprus meant one step down the road to future prosperity inside the E.U. The Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, known as Mr. No for his stubborn refusal to accept peace overtures, was sidelined. Greek Cypriot leaders, meanwhile, suddenly found themselves forced to declare their objections after years of letting Denktash be the spoiler. Papadopoulos' televised speech spelled out the obstacles: Turkish Cypriots and Turkey were favored by the U.N. and in the plan, he claimed. Greek Cypriots would suffer "unbearable...
...Basque Country and elsewhere in Spain that ETA would declare a truce, the organization has been silent on that prospect. Zabaleta says that since a previous ETA cease-fire in 1998, which it broke 14 months later, the organization has been split between older members who would accept an unconditional truce and younger militants who would only countenance such a move if the government made concessions, such as moving ETA prisoners from jails elsewhere in Spain to those in the Basque Country. ETA may be ill-prepared to adjust to the new post-3/11 reality. "Unlike the I.R.A...
...been regarded as an inexhaustible resource. Slash-and-burn farming still continues, as does the hunting of lemurs. "We have yet to overcome some deeply ingrained cultural habits," explains Vololoniaina Jeannoda, a researcher at the University of Antananarivo's Botanical Laboratory. "But people, especially the young, are starting to accept that we can't keep up this reckless exploitation of our heritage." Yet even as the country seeks to mend its ways, the law of unintended consequences intervenes. RBG's Dransfield notes that demand for Malagasy lobsters means more palms are chopped down to make lobster pots. Improved rice yields...