Word: arching
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...planned. But these days it takes more than a visit from the American President to shock them. Coverage of Bush's arrival competed with continuing media coverage of World Cup soccer for the attention of Iraqis. And after the electric response last week to the death of Jordanian arch-terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the news of Bush's first visit in nearly three years was met with little excitement...
...With average Afghans angry about their daily lot, the Taliban are no longer the only anti-government forces that the U.S. has to worry about. It was young men allied to the Taliban?s arch-foes - the heroes of the Northern Alliance who ousted the ultra-Islamic regime - that were major agitators in the Kabul violence. Many of the demonstrators were carrying portraits of ethnic Tajik Afghan resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, assassinated by the Taliban a day before the September 11 attacks...
...bloc drops him, it's unlikely to choose the U.S.-favored Abdul Adel Mahdi as his replacement. Not only is there resentment created by U.S. intervention in the political process, but Adel-Mahdi is the candidate of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the arch-rival of Jaafari's major backer, the radical cleric Moqtada Sadr. More likely is the emergence of a weak compromise candidate to preside over a fractious government facing divisive issues ranging from revising the constitution and oil revenues to dealing with the militias responsible for growing sectarian strife. Not surprising, then...
...nter Windhorst doesn't have it easy: his bar is located next to the U.S. embassy, and post-9/11 security nearly blocked the entrance. But it's worth crossing the security line to sample the bar's downtown elegance and classic cocktails. Riva Arch 142 Dircksenstrasse, riva-berlin.de An oval bar is the central feature of the room, and black leather couches line the walls below the brightly colored arched ceiling. Throw in the steady beat of minimal techno and house and a mixed-age crowd, and you've got one of central Berlin's hippest watering holes. Wuergeengel...
...Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder 18th century Baixa Pombalina district on the banks of the Tagus River. Through the Rua Augusta arch you see Praça do Comercio, the colonnaded square built on the vast open space left by the 1755 earthquake and tsunami. Then, having climbed up the smart Chiado district with its old coffee shops, the tram clangs through the 17th century streets of the Bairro Alto. Before reaching...