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...riots and one of the country's most crime-ridden districts - expressing anguish over an "upsurge of crime." This was bad timing given Sarkozy's ambitions to run for President next May. The Minister could hardly blame the police, especially after two officers in a neighboring department were severely beaten by as many as 20 young men. So he blamed the judiciary instead, noting a drop in sentencings of offenders. "Police can't get the result residents have a right to expect if afterward delinquents are set free again," he said. As a Minister's criticisms of a state institution...
...down to Pennsylvania in what will serve almost as bookends to the Quakers’ Ivy slate. The Crimson will also travel down to Providence to play Brown. “It gives them a little bit of an advantage, but over the past couple of years we have beaten Brown at their place and four years ago we beat Penn down there,” Kerr said. “We have won there, so it’s a good feeling to know that you can.” The last two times that Harvard has played...
...sooner or later. "Technique doesn't replace politics; there have to be ideas, convictions, a discussion of the stakes," said Lionel Jospin, who, you might have thought, would have had the decency to stay silent: Jospin was so disastrous a Socialist presidential candidate in 2002 that he was beaten in the first round of voting not just by Chirac but by the far-right demagogue Jean-Marie...
...years later, Ngugi decided it was safe to return to promote Wizard of the Crow. Cheering crowds greeted him and his wife at the airport. But the happy homecoming didn't last. Days later, four men armed with guns and machetes broke into Ngugi's apartment. He was beaten and his wife raped; the men then ran off with a laptop and jewelry. Ngugi thinks the attack was politically motivated, the work of Moi supporters who believe Wizard of the Crow's despicable despot is based on the former President. (In fact, he's a mix of infamous dictators...
...menu of chef Thanunya Kaikaew, who has a cookbook of healthy recipes to her name, and take in the fabulous sunset. THE EUGENIA: This 12-room, colonial-style Sukhumvit gem, www.theeugenia.com, doubles as an antiques repository for Taiwanese owner and Bangkok resident Eugene Yeh. Those are Yeh's hand-beaten copper bathtubs and four-poster beds in the rooms, and his vintage cars in the garage. These and other thoughtful touches - including complimentary minibars and free wi-fi access - will have you feeling quite at home. A cozy cigar lounge-cum-library, beds adorned with Belgian linen and down-filled...