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...over 100 governments will be issuing Diana stamps before the end of August). And then there are the dolls. Lots of dolls. U.S. collectibles company the Franklin Mint has a catalog that reads like a Who's Who of scale-model celebrity, from Marilyn Monroe to Jackie Onassis. Lady Di - at $195 a doll - outsells them all. A private company, the Franklin Mint won't say how many of the dolls it has sold. (The U.S. firm had a long legal battle, now settled, with the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund over rights to use the princess's image...
...Despite the optimism of Di Rupo and Reynders, the favorites for the Prime Minister's job remain Flemish: Christian Democrat leader Yves Leterme; Socialist Party leader Johan Vande Lanotte; and Flemish Liberal leader and outgoing Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt...
...example of ethnic power sharing, but the last time the French-speaking Walloons supplied the country's Prime Minister was in 1978. So, in Sunday's national elections, they are itching to smash the Flemish grip on the top job. A victory by the leading French-speaking candidate, Elio di Rupo, would make history not only because of his language, but as Europe's first openly gay Prime Minister. As leader of the Socialist Party (PS) in Wallonia - and also the region's minister-president - Di Rupo, 55, is the heavyweight of Francophone politics. And the fact that his origins...
...Both Di Rupo and Reynders believe that Francophones are long overdue a turn at the premiership. Their community accounts for just 40% of the country's 10.6 million population, but they believe they are in their best position for over a generation to claim the premiership, believing they have overcome negative perceptions of the Walloon community by their Flemish neighbors...
...government in Belgium is a two-step process. You have to first hold the election and see the arithmetic of the results. Then you have to negotiate on the coalition, which is not just about the Prime Minister, but all the other ministers and the overall government mandate. If Di Rupo or Reynders do well in the election, we would then have to see if they can negotiate as well...