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...dilemma. Surely it is not politically feasible to talk about university fees. We're hearing more and more people talking about it, on the right and the left. Can universities really become a motor of change for France? They can, but I think we ought to be demanding more in primary and secondary education, too. The French are ready to demand more of ourselves in general. There's a real problem at the foundation of our society. To catch up we need a President and Ministers and intellectuals who want to listen. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has complained about...
...shoulder more responsibility for its own defense and become a more substantial counterweight to the regional ambitions of China and North Korea. The U.S. has been alone among the other nations in the on-again, off-again six-party talks over North Korea's nukes to back Japan's demand that the negotiations also include the issue of Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s "From the U.S.'s point of view, Koizumi is a dream prime minister," says Jeffrey Kingston, history professor at Temple University?s Tokyo campus. "Rarely in history have Tokyo...
...newcomers are going in because the head office says, 'You have to be in China,'" says Wong. But there's a risk that this will lead to overbuilding and that many rooms will go empty in secondary cities. Even in primary markets like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, demand may not keep pace with supply. "It's already difficult to get a good location in the gateway cities," says Wong. "Some of the new grand palaces will be pulled off the market later...
...attacked a tank position, killing two Israelis (and losing two of their own men) before retreating with a wounded 19-year-old corporal, Gilad Shalit, as their captive. A number of radical groupings, including the military wing of the Palestinian ruling party Hamas, claimed responsibility, and a day later demanded the release of women and children in Israeli prisons as the price for Shalit's return - a demand already rejected by Israel...
...Larijani makes clear that Iran will also push for more than what is currently on offer as the price for agreeing to accept greater limits on its nuclear energy program than what is required under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. In particular, Tehran will demand security guarantees from the U.S. that Iran will not be attacked - guarantees the U.S. is currently reluctant even to discuss...