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...thing that the arrests are unlikely to do, however, is to stem ETA's violence. On Thursday in fact, Spain's Interior Ministry issued a special alert to Basque police forces urging them to "tighten precautions" in the face of likely attacks. ETA has a habit of striking after arrests in an effort to counteract the perception - especially among its own supporters - that it is weakened. "They'll compensate with a terrorist attack that will animate their base," says Dominguez. "After all, the arrests only affected the political wing, the military part wasn't touched. So they could attack...
...Friday's newspapers treated the event as if it were a soccer cup final. "What is Havel's Play Like?" runs a bold-type headline followed by five stars in Lidove Noviny, a daily not in the habit of running arts stories on its front pages. The business daily Hospodarske Noviny called the play the "theatrical event of the season" . "Sure, the fame of the author ? plays a role but it is an extraordinary experience nonetheless...
Smoking has always been a social habit, but researchers now believe that quitting may be a social activity...
...become a habit in Vladimir Putin's Russia to splash cash on sports events, using them them to boost the nation's morale in the tradition of the Soviet Union in its heyday. And there was certainly an opportunity for crowing, just last week, when Russia's Zenit St. Petersburg won a 2-0 victory over Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Cup Final staged in Manchester. That trophy may be a lesser tournament than the Champion's League, but that didn't stop both Prime Minister Putin and his President-consort Dmitri Medvedev from celebrating Zenit...
...Medvedev was inaugurated on Wednesday in a lavish, grand and solemn ceremony. But on Wednesday - as on today - and probably not for the last time, his predecessor stole the show. Through force of habit or by design, TV cameras concentrated on Putin. Even Medvedev's inauguration speech centered on praise for his predecessor's achievements and promises to continue in Putin's steps. For his part, Putin segued smoothly from presidency to prime ministership. Formally nominated to head the government by Medvedev, Putin was confirmed in that post by a tame Duma in a rubber-stamp vote...