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...young chefs who compete in the contest, founded 22 years ago by Paul Bocuse, one of France's most revered chefs, navigating the tension between the desire to demonstrate the glories of their national cuisine - to say nothing of their own creativity - and a jury that tends to favor strongly the classic French style is precisely the challenge. (See pictures from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...
...matter how strong the objection to the government buying property is, one case in its favor is irrefutable. Eventually, the taxpayer can get his money back and may actually earn a profit...
...surprise that Democrats like Kerry, a regular at U.N. climate-change summits, are in favor of pushing for a new global deal on carbon, but even Republicans seemed to grasp Gore's message. Senator Corker of Tennessee, who has emerged as one of the more thoughtful GOP voices on energy, told Gore he could see the shift coming on climate. "We are now firing with real bullets," said Corker. "My sense is, this year something will really occur...
...Anbar and Diyala provinces appear to be, by and large, staying their hand in the expectation that sympathetic Sunni politicians - who boycotted the last provincial election, in 2005 - will take a number of seats from Kurdish and Shi'ite rivals and potentially reshape the political map in their favor. (Read "As Iraqi Elections Loom, al-Sadr's Political Clout Fades...
...percent of the population owns more than two thirds of the land. But negotiations resulted in leaving the current holdings as is and limiting future landownership. On Sunday voters had a choice between limiting ownership to 10,000 or 25,000 acres per person limit. They voted 75% in favor of the former...