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...trouble drawing a crowd. His cheerfully angry left-wing books sell millions of copies in the U.S. and around the globe, and his Oscar-winning documentary Bowling for Columbine earned $58 million worldwide. Last week the fellow from Flint, Michigan, who's usually seen in a scruffy beard and duck-hunter couture, was prowling the Riviera in a tuxedo jacket and baggy black trousers, and this time the game he was aiming at was George W. Bush. Cannes was primed for Moore's latest movie Molotov cocktail, Fahrenheit 9/11, long before it won the coveted Palme D'Or award...
...Regardless of the shape and face of the authority installed on June 30, it's a relative certainty that the violence of the past year is likely to continue. The Iraqi government being installed is, by definition, a lame duck, since its primary function is to replace itself by organizing elections to choose a legitimate government. And even before any of the political questions over the election process and the constitutional rights of the victors come into play, the factor determining whether or not the elections actually occur is the level of security in Iraq - in other words, regardless...
...even staff. (The caf? picks up the dry-cleaning tab if the guest complains.) Doughnut battles break out at least twice a month. In between volleys of pastry, you can admire the caf?'s 1914 Art Nouveau tiles, featuring leaping stags, nesting birds and cherubs on donkeys. Remember to duck when the doughnuts come flying. Caf? Imperial, Na Por?c? 15, Prague...
...staff. (The café picks up the dry-cleaning tab if guests complain.) Doughnut battles break out at least twice a month. In between volleys of pastry, you can admire the café's 1914 Art Nouveau tiles, featuring leaping stags, nesting birds and cherubs on donkeys. Remember to duck when the doughnuts come flying. Café Imperial, Na Porící 15, Prague...
...those circumstances, efforts by the PA, Egypt and others interested parties to broker some form of truce may become that much more difficult. And that, in turn effectively ends any prospect in the immediate future for a peace process that requires Hamas sanction, leaving the PA as a lame duck and the Islamists ascendant in the street...