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...sounded more hawkish on Iran than Bush - and then German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeated that economic sanctions were a crucial part of diplomatic efforts to get Tehran to halt its development of facilities capable of producing weapons-grade uranium. But if ever there was a case where the devil is in the details, it's in the practical application of sanctions as a coercive instrument against Iran. The U.S. and the Europeans have so far been successful in getting two rounds of sanctions passed by the Security Council. That's no mean feat, given that China and Russia, two permanent...
...director was in Berlin attempting to buy a large swath of land on a hill known as Teufelsberg, or "Devil's Mountain," on the city's outskirts. The hill is made up of some 12 million cubic meters of rubble cleared away after Berlin was destroyed in World War II; the site was later used as a U.S. listening post during the Cold War. Lynch and Schiffgens are followers of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who founded the concept of transcendental meditation. Schiffgens says that with Lynch's help he plans to build a gleaming new "university" on Teufelsberg in order...
...erode support for a raft of controversial constitutional reforms Chávez wants - including the elimination of presidential term limits - before a Dec. 2 referendum. Still, Chávez has come through past diplomatic outrages unscathed - in fact, just weeks after calling U.S. President George W. Bush "the devil" at the United Nations last year, Chávez went on to win reelection in a rout. Sure, even Chávez's friends at the Santiago summit seemed to feel satisfied that he finally received an arrogant gadfly's comeuppance. But anyone who thinks it dealt a significant blow...
...dance to raise energy in a “Cone of Power.” Despite the ritual’s focus on death, the realm of the dead doesn’t feature any red horns or pitchforks: “We have nothing to do with the devil,” says Phoenix. —Esther...
...already become way less adorable. When he's at the edge of a lake with some of the kids, they're skipping stones across the water; Dan throws a rock with the fury of a Spartan at Thermopylae. Emily Blunt, a beguiler in My Summer of Love and The Devil Wears Prada, brightens up a scene in a bar. And when Act 3 finally rolls around, Dan and Marie have a pretty tryst at a bowling alley, and the movie locates the sweet mood it's been seeking...