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...filming Mission: Impossible III, and Leonardo DiCaprio said his helped him prepare for The Aviator?the brand has developed a clientele that includes everyone from Hollywood A listers to the Dalai Lama. A true leader of the pack, Belstaff has been in business since 1924, when the British company broke new ground with its use of breathable, waterproof waxed cotton. Steve McQueen wore Belstaff in The Great Escape, Che Guevara wore it on his famous ride through South America, and racing champions like Sammy Miller were staunch supporters. In the '90s, under the threat of financial demise, Belstaff was saved...
...Leader[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] pointed out as well, no one said that there will be conflict between us forever. Not at all. It is not reasonable politics to say we don't ever want relations. First we should note that it wasn't us who broke relations with the U.S. It was the U.S. who broke relations with us. But we believe that now that we want to reestablish relations we have to do it in a clear and reasonable framework. We sat down at one table and talked about Iraq [in Baghdad in March 2007]. This shows that...
...Crimson blowout. After sophomore Alex Biega missed a chance to keep the puck in the Quinnipiac zone on the game’s opening possession, the Bobcats (20-14-4, 9-9-4) took it the other way and maintained consistent pressure until Jamie Bates finally broke through for the game’s opening score, netting a rebound from the right side at 2:43.“We needed the first goal tonight, there was no question,” Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold said of his team’s effort to recover from Friday night...
...McCain is being accompanied by Republican Senator Lindsay Graham and former Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, who broke with his party in large part over his support for the war. Both men are strong supporters of McCain's campaign for president. Perhaps recognizing that the visit might be perceived as a campaign stop rather than a Senate fact-finding mission, McCain has no plans to meet with the media while in Iraq...
Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday, with indications that what had until now been peaceful demonstrations have turned violent. Varying numbers of casualties have been reported among clashes that residents, academics and activists say have erupted between Tibetans and Chinese security forces, with accounts of gunfire, police cars burning, and bodies in the streets. Whatever the outcome, though, it seemed to be a turning point in the history of Tibet and perhaps also China. "This is massive," said one Tibet specialist who was in touch with many Lhasa residents, "it is the intifadeh...