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...With a grin, Ramos-Horta goes on to argue that even after 60-odd years of independence from the Dutch, the Indonesians themselves have yet to build a rock-solid nation-state. "Nation-building is a slow, laborious process," he says. "The biggest mistake foreign observers made was thinking that things could be done overnight in East Timor. It will take time, effort and lots of work." Just a year ago, both Ramos-Horta and Gusmão had hinted that they might retire from politics - and give the younger generation a chance to govern. Now, it appears, both aren...
...thief. While her English is fluent, her way of forming words is international; mostly North American, but also with a slight French curviness, a few of the hard consonants of Hebrew - and for certain words, what sounds like an Irish inflection. Maybe even a hint of Dutch traces in there as well. But when she sings, it's with the elocution of a modern American folk-rock troubadour...
...political uncertainty that saw Turkey's economy limp from crisis to crisis, the party's economic reforms and fiscal discipline have fueled growth averaging 7% a year. It strengthened rights for the Kurdish minority and convinced the European Union to launch membership talks last year. Joost Lagendijk, a Dutch member of the European Parliament who chairs an E.U.-Turkey delegation, says the party "has done more for the modernization of Turkey than all the secular parties in previous years. They were willing to open up the system, to challenge the élite...
...There’s nothing to hide,” he said. “The whole [global] community is really after the most accurate satellite technology to track down where most pollution comes from, to see if countries are in compliance with international treaties.” The Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), used for this research, is unique for its daily global coverage. “Previously satellites...looked at [regions] every three days or every week, but OMI has the advantage of seeing the same place every day,” Wang added...
...Never Mind the Pollocks-Here's the Histrionics and Museum Fatigue), Kesminas, 40, has become the art world's unofficial court jester. Early next month, the band will help launch the Australian artists at the Venice Biennale, and on June 15, they'll play before Dutch royalty at the opening of a survey of sculpture from Australia and the Netherlands in the Hague. "I liked the witty comments and a sort of devilish charm and provocative fun of not taking art too seriously," says Marie Jeanne de Rooij, curator of "De Overkant/Down Under." But like all good court jesters, Kesminas...