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...group's immediate guide had been affable 20-something Ms. Kim. She had insisted that photographs "must not, cannot" be taken from the tour bus. In 2009, equally personable 20-something Ms. Han, who had studied in Poland, exclaimed "Sure!" via her front-of-coach microphone. We snapped away...
...foreign influences were diluting France's social and cultural character. Indeed, the topic was considered so toxic that no one in France besides extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen would even take it up in public. But times have changed. Twenty years after Le Pen's National Front Party (FN) became a political force in France, its view that immigration is threatening the French national identity is starting to gain wider acceptance. Now, the government is putting the issue front and center for the first time by encouraging people to have a vigorous national debate about what it means...
...announced the three-month series of discussions on Nov. 2. "This debate doesn't scare me. I even find it passionate." Besson says it's important for an increasingly diverse France to define its essential unifying values and reclaim a national pride and patriotism that the National Front co-opted long ago for its own xenophobic purposes. (See pictures of Bastille Day celebrations...
...This shift of focus partly explains why former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has seen his stock plummet - despite his celebrity, charisma and leadership qualities - since he was first mentioned as a contender for the job years ago. Now, the front-runners appear to be three low-key "fixers": Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. While all three may be somewhat bland and anonymous even in their home countries, they appeal to a growing number of E.U. countries - in particular the smaller ones - because they would excel...
Indeed, while opposition protesters played cat-and-mouse with police, the government bused in supporters by the thousands for anti-American protests in front of the old embassy, now known as the "Den of Spies." They chanted the traditional "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" slogans. The government blamed the U.S. and European governments for fabricating the post-election unrest in an attempt to stage a coup d'état. Now the Iranian government is finding it more and more tempting to press the hot button of conflict with the West. (See a pictorial history of the legacy...