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...Sources: BBC; Conservation International; GAO; www. sigir. mil; New York Times...
These days, it would be amusing to challenge an avid international news reader to find unequivocal agreement in sundry news sources like CNN, BBC News, and The Economist. Yet, they all agree on something: the coming months will be decisive for the future of Latin America. Drawing on the colonial heritage of the Iberian Empire, this region boasts a historical dependence on Baron de Montesquieu’s concept of executive power. And the 18 countries electing presidents this year seem to be leaning further toward what the French author would call, la gauche —the left...
...between lunching with Lord Patten and filming BBC docu’s, entertaining kiddies is just about putting on a good show. Strut your stuff in that projector limelight and you’ve got their admiration for life. It’s nice to have their adoring faces gazing up at you, hanging on your every word. I only wish they wouldn’t pop in and out the lecture hall at will—it’s not in the script! This never happened at Oxford...
...Academy's regulations, which are about as byzantine as Medicaid rules, disqualify a film that's been shown on TV before its theatrical opening. So Why We Fight was out, because it had aired on the BBC (which co-produced it). As for Grizzly Man, we guess the selectors just didn't like it. Arthur Dong, a governor of the Academy's documentary branch, can't say why any film was refused because "we don't discuss the films among ourselves." But could he give his own opinion of Grizzly...
...have been somewhat more problematic.”The upcoming election has been complicated by the participation of militant Islamic group Hamas, which has been labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S. and European Union. Hamas is fielding at least 115 candidates for the 132 seats, according to the BBC. Palestinian leaders have claimed that engaging Hamas in the political process is essential to demilitarizing it, but the Israeli government has claimed that Hamas should not be allowed to participate until it acknowledges Israel’s right to exist.According to experts and recent news reports, Hamas is poised...