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...Europe caught uneasily between the two superpowers. Once invisible Soviet officials now stage on-the-record press briefings for Western reporters. The courtly spokesman for the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Vladimir Lomeiko, laces his commentary with quotes from George Bernard Shaw and deftly cuts off other Kremlin officials when they begin to bluster...
...City and the Silicon Valley rolled into one, a city that has hosted the best-ever Olympics, managed severe water and land shortages and built 11 new suburbs, five subway lines and miles of highways, all while preserving its unique history without exhausting its finances, then maybe you can begin to imagine what it's like to be Huang Yan. It's her job to create that city out of present-day Beijing. As Deputy Head of the city's Urban Planning Commission and a key player in preparations for the 2008 Olympics, Huang is taking on the country...
...something political, and as I was trying to address a passion of mine, it seemed apt that I should do it in the kind of way that I'd written films before. If I'd tried to write a serious political drama, I wouldn't have known where to begin. So I tried to write about politics from the point of view of a normal person...
...seats for Sunnis added to Iraq's constitutional committee, which will end a months-long deadlock and allow the now 71-member group to begin drafting the document...
...Ricky Ponting's Aus-tralians touched down in England last week to begin a 14-week tour, during which they will defend the Ashes against the strongest English side for at least 20 years. The mind games will intensify on June 19, when the two countries contest an early installment of a limited-overs tournament. The main event starts next month at Lord's, venue for the first of five Tests. McGrath needs one wicket to take his tally in Tests to 500, a mark reached by only three other bowlers. If he can manage 21 wickets for the series...