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...that U.S. troops may be leaving in large numbers sent shock waves through some regions. The Rhineland-Palatinate, home to Ramstein air base, organized a committee to convince the Pentagon that staying was cost-effective. "The U.S. forces bring around j1.4 billion a year into our community," said Peter Grüssner, the state's point man on troop issues. "If they were to leave on short notice, it would be a catastrophe." Hearing last month from Pentagon officials that Ramstein would stay open was a huge relief, he said. Others had more sentimental reasons for wanting the soldiers...
...janitors, all the furniture removed from inside, and here, at the French university where I normally teach, there will be little, or no, education taking place today - as was the case yesterday and the week before. That's because a significant number of students have been en grève - on strike - protesting against the modest but to them apparently radical reforms the French government had proposed for a system that's as profoundly in need of change as the Middle East is in need of peace. I have taught in five nations on three continents, at universities ranging from...
...Hotel Nizza If you favor picturesque over posh, book into the artsy Hotel Nizza in a beautiful Gründerzeit building on Elbestrasse, five minutes from the main station. Enjoy the sunset from the roof garden. Single rooms cost from 375 to 3105, doubles between 3105 and 3135, depending on the season...
...long assault to determine whether the crusading companions of Frodo the Ring-bearer will survive to confront their ultimate destiny. A palpable pall hangs over the realm of Rohan, where King Théoden (Bernard Hill) has been bewitched by evil wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) and his spy Gríma Worm-tongue (Brad Dourif, as a slimier Richard III). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and the elf-warrior Legolas (Orlando Bloom) band with a revived Gandalf to defend Rohan against Saruman's 10,000 soldier-clones. Out in the wild, the hobbit Frodo (Elijah Wood) is on a desperate trek...
...into the heart of the city. The neighborhood's narrow, hilly streets are lined with some of Oslo's best samples of Norwegian village architecture - clapboard cottages in brick reds, royal blues and daffodil yellows, with windowboxes and white picket fences. A few more streets over, you'll find Grünerløkka, a gentrified ex-working-class district with trendy boutiques, gourmet delis and upscale bars. Munch spent much of his early life here, and downstairs from his old digs at Schouss plass 1 is Edvard's, a swank coffee bar typical of today's Grünerl...