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Under a mandate from the troika of powers overseeing Kosovo's future - the U.S., Russia and the E.U. - the deadline for a negotiated settlement on Kosovo is supposed to be Dec. 10. Several E.U. countries, while supportive of independence as a goal, are opposed to its pursuit in the absence of formal U.N. endorsement. Carl Bildt, the Swedish Foreign Minister and former top U.N. envoy to the Balkans, has urged Thaci not to follow through on promises to declare independence if the deadline is not met. "We need a soft landing in Kosovo," Bildt said. Right now, the best...
...Soon, though, Vietnam's motorcyclists won't have a choice. A new law is to take effect on Dec. 15 that requires motorbike riders and passengers to wear helmets on the road. The law marks a new attempt by the communist authorities to effect a huge societal change - a similar effort failed five years ago. But with 13,000 Vietnamese having died in traffic accidents last year alone, 80% of them from head injuries, the purpose of the new law is to save lives...
...year embargo on e-mail campaigning. Sundquist, a veteran of last year’s presidential campaign, said the biggest change is a scheduling alteration that has shortened the time between the first allowance for active campaigning and the beginning of voting—which falls on Dec. 3 this year.“That’s a really short campaign,” he said, noting that because candidates rarely do any campaigning beyond door-knocking once the voting period begins, the new schedule left only a few days, from Thursday through Sunday, for other means of vote...
...signatures in support of their bid to the Election Commission by 11:59 yesterday. Taylor noted in an e-mail on Tuesday that he would reserve the right to disqualify candidates pending verification of the signatures' validity. Campaigning is set to begin on Nov. 28, with voting running from Dec. 3 to Dec...
Starring Khalid Abdalla, Zekiria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada. Directed by Marc Forster. Opens Dec...