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...been moving. President George W. Bush has not jumped to use military means against Iran, while Merkel has been stressing that everything needs to be done to find a diplomatic solution and a consensus among the major powers. Oliver Hauss Dortmund, Germany time's story on Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made plain that the country's 26 million people are subjected to the desires of a tyrant. With all the loans, oil discounts and financing deals that Chávez grants to Venezuela's neighbors by way of increasing his political muscle, he has truly given away...
...chèr. No resort town is dirt-cheap, but Cannes has been getting more expensive - cher, as the French say - through no fault of its own. The Euro, whose exchange rate five years ago was under a dollar, is now a pricey $1.28. Don't despair. You can find many an excellent dinner for less than $40. And your transportation budget, except for getting from the Nice airport to Cannes and back, is exactly zero. Every hotel is within walking distance from every screening and nearly every party. For the rare out-of-town soiree, you ride with...
...racism. She even prefigured the multiracial family of Hollywood star Angelina Jolie by adopting 12 children from varying ethnic backgrounds, affectionately dubbing them her "Rainbow Tribe." As part of the Cent Ans de la Dame tour, Baker's eldest son, Akio Bouillon, is scheduled to greet guests at the Château des Milandes - Baker's Dordogne mansion and a highlight of the eight-day itinerary. Tour participants will also attend all-day celebrations at the Village des Milandes on June 3, and spend several days exploring the diva's favorite Parisian haunts. In a city where racial tensions have...
Today, when Harvard students hear reggaeton’s distinctive Latin-Caribbean BOOM-ch-boom-chk echoing from a car radio or the speakers of Currier TLR, there’s a good chance they’re nodding their heads to the work of two superproducers who used to work just across campus in McKinlock Hall...
...businesses are about the future - last week reached its highest level since German reunification. The reason for all this good cheer? Columnists call it the Merkel Factor. It was even given solid form on floats at the annual Carnival parade in Cologne. Last year, a vast, papier-mâché Merkel bent over to kiss the bottom of a George W. Bush figure; this year she had undergone a makeover into a motherly barkeeper, huge breasts enveloping her coalition partner, apparently loving him - and Germany - to death. From figure of fun to Mother Germany, from electoral liability...