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...internationalists who stayed behind continued to work on the issues that embodied the finest aims of the Sandinista revolution - bringing healthcare and education to remote corners of the country, empowering women and peasants, providing micro-credit loans to farmers, and delivering drinking water and latrines to the rural poor. Today, many live simple lives eating rice and beans for breakfast, speaking a Spanish that drops the s at the end of words, a signature of a Nicaraguan accent. A group of several dozen of them gather each week to discuss social justice issues at the Casa Ben Linder, the Managua...
...even further from the novel at points, leaving several subplots and characters undeveloped. However, the heavier emphasis on the rivalry between the sisters and the effect on their relationship allows the film to explore this dynamic in ways that make the sacrifice seem worthwhile. The film’s finest achievement, however, is in convincing the viewer to fall in love with Anne, just as Henry VIII does. Ironically, it does so by oscillating between Anne’s ugly psychological turmoil and her beautiful, calculated, eloquent exterior. In fact, it is in the moments that Anne herself becomes...
...tiny Liechtenstein, bracing itself for its finest hour, is standing firm even as Germany threatens to stop the country from joining Europe's passport-free zone. "We will not cave in to German pressure. We will not disclose information about the owners of bank accounts," says government spokeswoman Gerlinde Manz-Christ. "The rogues are the ones who are evading their taxes, and that's not the people here in Liechtenstein," says Wendelin Schrädler, a rosy-cheeked butcher, as he hacks off a side of ham for a customer...
...Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown swiftly echoed Dannatt's words. "Prince Harry has been an exemplary solider and is serving with dedication in the finest traditions of our armed forces. The whole of Britain will be proud of the outstanding service he is giving. For the last 10 weeks he has joined the thousands of members of the British armed forces who have served with such distinction in difficult circumstances in Afghanistan since 2001. I want to thank Prince Harry and all of our service personnel for their contribution and service...
...musicians, that is surely true enough. Unless Tehran someday beckons as the next stop in an "axis of evil" tour, there can be no stranger venue than Pyongyang for some of the world's finest musicians to play. The buses that transported the orchestra, staff and some 80 foreign journalists (three times the number that accompanied then Secretary of State Madeline Albright for her meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in late 2000) rolled past building after building that was unlit in the late afternoon gloom; pedestrians on the streets stared as the fleet of buses rolled into...