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...event, Ahern still turned out to be the greatest asset for his party, Fianna Fail. A relentless campaigner with a flair for projecting himself as an ordinary guy - the entire country seems to be on first-name terms with him - he also earned the nickname "Teflon Taoiseach" by sliding away from a web of corruption scandals without a stain. Over the past three weeks he pulled out all the all the stops and called in favors from old friends. Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair endorsed him in a campaign video and he cleverly timed plaudits...
...bookies ended up reversing their odds, and a big turnout of voters seems to have pushed Ahern ahead in the home stretch. An exit poll by the state broadcaster, RTE, predicts 41.6% of the vote for Fianna Fail, which is probably enough to enable Ahern to form a new coalition. Power is certainly convinced Ahern will pull it off. Before counting began the bookmaker announced he was paying out to gamblers who wagered on Ahern remaining Taoiseach...
...next major international post to come free. In 2004 he turned down calls to become President of the European Commission. He argued then, and reiterates now, that he's still got work to do at home, nurturing the boom that during two terms of the coalition led by his Fianna Fáil party has seen soaring economic growth, a doubling of national income and a plunge in the unemployment rate from 10% to 4.2%. "How do you do it, Bertie?" asked a jealous and frankly incredulous Tony Blair last October. The British premier, who came to power a month...
...that their bedrooms are not pink with daisy pillows on the beds, though girls can get a disco ball and a Plugged In Lip CD Boombox. Introduced in the summer of 2001, the dolls are cool, urban and multicultural, with names like Roxxi and Nazalia and Jade and Fianna. They have big heads and big hair, and faces that make you wonder if Angelina Jolie licensed her lips. The designers have even solved the problem of those infuriating little Barbie shoes. The Bratz feet are huge, and when you remove a shoe, the whole foot comes off with it, mildly...
...three state elections in September The ruling Social Democrats' worst-ever loss in a national vote ratchets up the pressure on Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's government Ireland Voters elected Sinn Fein's first M.E.P.; the opposition Fine Gael had its best-ever result Premier Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fáil tumbled to its worst showing in 80 years, marring the government's six-month term as E.U. President Italy Small parties left and right gained; those in PM Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government instantly demanded more power Berlusconi's Forza Italia slipped, but rival Romano Prodi...