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...weddings will stop abruptly this fall if California voters approve a November ballot initiative banning gay marriage. "There are a lot of mixed emotions about this," Newsom said. "It's exhilarating on the one hand. But it's by no means certain that California won't take back what it has given...
...Korski says other factors are forcing Sarkozy's hand, as his defense budget cuts suggested. "It is generally acknowledged that the French state is close to scraping the barrel on finance, so cuts have got to be made. Policy and money go hand in hand," he says. In other words, if France is dropping its much-vaunted posture of independence on defense, it is - at least partly - because it cannot afford it anymore...
...sailor on a bar stool, and speaking with clarity about the issues that motivate him most. Though many of his words are memorized, repeated verbatim at each stop, they still manage to come across as conversational. Despite a bad knee, he will almost trot across a hall to hand a voter the microphone, and always give even the most combative questioners a chance to ask a follow-up question...
...South Koreans and 76% of Chinese "believe that Japan has not apologized sufficiently for its military actions during the 1930s and 1940s." The Japanese, on the other hand, are split almost down the middle on whether or not they should apologize...
...Russians "favor a 'leader with a strong hand'" over the 33% who prefer democracy to solve the nation's problems...