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...Picca still calls his restaurant, which opened Oct. 27, a wine bar. In anticipation of a liquor license, he has been issuing coupons to customers for a free glass of wine to be poured at an unspecified date. Small Plates offers food categories such as the French “pour potager” and the Italian “pan bagna.” Picca said he also hopes to support New England farmers by varying the menu according to the availability of local ingredients. Despite its sequestered location at 56 JFK St., Picca said his restaurant has bookings...
...It’s sad to see the old neighborhoods redeveloped and sold off,” Sullivan says, a nostalgic note audible in his voice. “The community spirit of the old Italian neighborhoods of East Cambridge or the French neighborhoods of West Cambridge just go when the people leave...
...Children's Rescue to take Darfur orphans into their homes. Children's Rescue officials in France have acknowledged the Oct. 25 operation to remove the children from Chad lacked required authorization, but say the urgency of getting the children care made rule-breaking expediency necessary. Zoe's Ark's French lawyer, meanwhile, has suggested there is a political motive driving Chadian leaders who initially denounced the NGO as a "pedophile" group using humanitarian cover for "child trafficking." Chad, the lawyer notes, has objected to a French-led deployment of European Union peacekeeping forces in eastern Chad to protect Darfur refugees...
...That surge of suspicion hasn't solely been limited to Chad. French government officials have condemned Zoe's Ark for its illegal attempt to fly the children out of Chad, and acknowledge they were sufficiently concerned about ambiguity in Children's Rescue's actual mission that they repeatedly warned its leaders from breaking any rules...
...Indeed, one French diplomat following the case tells TIME that alarming areas in Children's Rescue literature on its intentions led France's Foreign Affairs Ministry to issue numerous warnings about unethical activity. "The initial description of the operation spoke of the 'adoption' of not 103, but 10,000 Darfur orphans - adoption that's not only illegal under Chadian law, but would also be in violation of French law regulating adoption," the diplomat said...