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...Bastien Baron, 28, client-relations manager First, I'd take a long walk from the Ile de la Cité along the banks of the Seine all the way to the Musée d'Orsay, one of our most beautiful museums. At midday, try the authentic Japanese restaurants on Rue Sainte-Anne, where you can get excellent ramen. Later, for dinner, I'd go to Le Petit Bofinger, tel: (33-1) 4272 0523, at Bastille, just across the way from the famous belle époque Brasserie Bofinger. It's roomy, but not too expensive, with a great wine cellar...
...writes by way of introduction. "But it is not a book about death." From Damascus to Jerusalem to Philadelphia (oddly, one of the relic capitals of the world), Manseau recounts his journey to find religious objects that have captivated the faithful for centuries and his encounters with modern pilgrims along the way. This includes a French mortician who analyzes the charred remains of Joan of Arc; a Sri Lankan tour guide who makes his living at the Temple of the Holy Tooth; a Syrian boy whose playground includes the al-Jami al-Kabir mosque in Damascus; and a Pakistani...
...leaders in their motorcades swept out of central London and into the bleaker reaches of the city's eastern sprawl at first light this morning. After sporadic violence from protestors yesterday and amid tight anti-terror precautions, police were out in force along the otherwise deserted route. The delegations were served breakfast before being lined up for the obligatory family snap and then sitting down for business. They have 2 hours and 40 minutes before lunch and one hour after lunch to finalize their plans. Because many of the chief participants need to depart London this evening for tomorrow...
...world" - Merkel's stated ambition for the G-20 meeting - what concrete proposals are likely to be agreed? Officials confidently predict that there will be progress in reforming resources for financial institutions. In particular, they expect more than $100 billion in support for trade finance to be agreed, along with a doubling of resources for the IMF. Japan and the EU have already promised additional funds and more countries are expected to pledge additional money during the afternoon. The details on financial regulation are still being discussed but a 7-page addendum to the communique has already been prepared, suggesting...
...Last summer's confrontation put Georgia's prospective membership in the deep freeze, as well as that of Ukraine, whose accession to NATO would also be taken by Moscow as provocation. Moreover, NATO's passivity in the face of Russia's pummeling of Georgia would have left member nations along Russia's western frontier wondering what extent of support they could rely on from NATO allies in the event of a confrontation with Moscow...