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...that you're still alive? Ferdinand M. Parin, MANILA...
...life of an exiled leader used to be a comfortable one. Uganda's Idi Amin whiled away his post-dictator years in Saudia Arabia, while the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos spent the rest of his days in Hawaii. But Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's former Prime Minister who was overthrown in a bloodless coup two years ago, is having a harder time finding a new place to call home. Earlier this month, Thaksin had his British visa revoked, shortly after a Thai court sentenced him in absentia to two years' imprisonment for a conflict of interest conviction. The Thai telecoms tycoon...
...that spells trouble for the likes of BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen, Ford Europe and General Motors' Europe arm, Opel. Ferdinand Dudenhoffer, a respected industry analyst, predicts that the number of new German cars delivered to customers in 2008 will fall by at least 100,000 units to around 3.1 million, and will likely slip below three million next year. As a result, he says, German car companies will have to cut up to 20,000 jobs over the coming year...
...Experience had taught Edita Burgos to fear the worst. During the military dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, her husband, Jose, had published a popular opposition newspaper. The paper's offices were frequently raided, and Jose Burgos was held under house arrest for two years. Jonas and his siblings were nursed on their parent's leftist politics, often taking photographs or covering rallies for their father. The family was also steeped in Catholicism. After her husband died in 2003, Edita Burgos became a lay Carmelite nun. Jonas himself briefly considered joining the priesthood, but instead took a degree in agriculture, specializing...
...finest role: el Cid. In this Anthony Mann film, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is an 11th-century Spanish soldier who tempers force with wisdom, seeking a peace with the large local Islamic minority it is his job to subdue, and preaching moderation in the Court of King Ferdinand. Almost a pacifist warrior, he spends most of the film debating large issues with other beautiful people (Sophia Loren, John Fraser, Raf Vallone) - until the film's final battle, when, nearly dead, he orders that his body be strapped to his horse so that his presence will put fear into the enemy...