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...Monde cartoonist Jean Plantureux—better known by his pen name Plantu—said that controversial cartoons could be made less problematic by replacing their subjects with representative symbols...
...disheartening to think that the Crimson’s position reflects the analysis and discourse about complex foreign policy questions occurring on our college campuses. Sensible policy makers should regard such articles as evidence of the need to better educate young adults rather than as advice on how to run foreign affairs...
...Brotherhood is a big organization and a strong one. So we [as a coalition] may somehow together make something that may mobilize the people - the laymen - in the society. This may lead to a better situation," said Mohamed Moursi, a Brotherhood spokesman...
...Previous efforts to unite Egypt's disparate opposition parties ended badly. And as the Brotherhood knows better than most, the first obstacle to achieving democratic reform may be the determination of the 28-year Mubarak regime to suppress such challenges. Despite recognizing the potential of an alliance with ElBaradei's coalition, Brotherhood spokesman Moursi warns that the obstacles are severe: "I don't think in the near future it will lead to real reform. Not even in the 2011 elections...
...those different visions of Britain. On Tuesday, Conservative leader David Cameron presented his party's manifesto in a derelict power station festooned with the word "CHANGE." He has promised Britons "change [they] can believe in" and at the launch reworked another familiar phrase, saying, "Yes we can ... make things better without spending more money." Prime Minister Gordon Brown, meanwhile, chose a rural backdrop for Labour's manifesto unveiling on Monday: a sunlit cornfield, the grain undulating in a virtual breeze. Britain? This looked more like Oklahoma. (See pictures of the U.K. election campaign...