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...final round of country-wide municipal polling on Sunday evening, members of the French government claimed they hadn't heard the faintest note of voter disgruntlement. Despite a drubbing in towns and cities across France, officials in President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet pledged they'd continue their reformist drive with even more energy than before...
...Prime Minister François Fillon said it was "unwise to draw national lessons from those local elections," repeating his government's conviction that local contests did not reflect voters' disappointment with Sarkozy's reform drive. "As the President has promised, we'll continue these policies because it takes tenacity to reform our country, and because democracy demands we keep our promises...
...there to finish the game.”Down 9-5 in the bottom of the ninth, Harvard rallied, scoring two runs on a double by Stack-Babich, but Ohio State was able to stop the bleeding for the win.Stack-Babich also homered in the game on a line drive shot to dead center.“He is absolutely raking,” Vance, who also hit a home run, said. “It was one of the hardest balls I’ve ever seen hit.”NORTHERN IOWA 5, HARVARD 3The Crimson...
...prosecutor's 152-page charge sheet refers to moves enacted by AKP municipalities that appear motivated by Islamic belief, such as banning alcohol sales in certain neighborhoods and providing segregated buses for female students. It also lists many references to the Prime Minister's recent drive to lift the ban on headscarves in universities, including his controversial remark that "If the headscarf is a political symbol, then so be it". (Secularists' biggest concern is that the headscarf is in fact such a symbol, and that allowing it on campuses will foment an "us vs. them" mentality...
...second will go even better: the ride home from the airport, once known as the Highway of Death because of the high incidence of insurgent attacks on commuters and military convoys, is remarkably stress-free. The Iraqi colleagues who have come to collect me laugh and joke as we drive; there's none of the nervous anxiety of previous trips. There are some Iraqi security forces along the road, but I see no American patrols...