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...soon as the prized objects had been stored in a "secret location that cannot be revealed," Maglakelidze repeatedly tried and failed to cross the Russian lines to get back to his museum and make sure it was intact. From the outskirts of Gori I spoke to him by phone earlier in the day and pointed out, to his evident frustration, that with Russian tanks blockading the town the time wasn't yet right. He told me he hoped that the Russian troops will protect the landmark, out of respect for the leader who is undergoing a small revival in public...
...always joking, playing, never taking anything too seriously. You've gotta have fun. Obviously, people have just never seen anyone win by such a margin, or celebrate like that in the 100. When people run the mile, the 800, the walk, they put their arms up when they cross the line. But it was just amazing, because that's a 9-second race, and you don't think anyone can celebrate in a 9-second race...
...past, when faith questions have been put to McCain, he has answered by talking either about how his father prayed for him while he was imprisoned in Vietnam or about a guard in one of the prison camps who shared his Christianity by sketching a cross in the sand with his toe. Both are moving stories, but a number of high-level Evangelicals have complained that they illustrate others' faith instead of McCain's. Warren will undoubtedly give McCain the chance to talk in personal terms about his faith. But as many a politician has learned, speaking about faith...
...TIME: You've accomplished quite a bit on the China front, but your approval rating is down to about 35%. Don't Taiwan's people want better relations with the mainland? They have very high expectations for my administration, so they expect very quick change. My cross-strait policy is the most popular among people here. But we have encountered the worst economic storm in many years; what has happened in the U.S. has affected our economy to a very great extent. All I can do is provide more aid to people who cannot resist the impact ... What...
...every one of our countries aspire to economic prosperity, we are all deeply conscious that the quality of life is what matters in the end," Fiji's then-Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, told delegates. In the 36 years since, the event has opened itself up to cross-cultural exchange (Townsville, 1988), contemporary art (Noumea, 2000) and, most recently, the arts of the northern Pacific (Palau, 2004), to become what the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Linda Petersen calls "the most important cultural event of the region." This year's theme has been "threading the Oceanic...