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...there are people like her, of course - and I've gotten to know her now over the years. So there are those grande dames, those amazing women who obviously stand out. But in terms of whose stories stay in my head, it's my mother's, my aunts', my neighbors', my teachers' from growing up on the South Side of Chicago...
...White House. So it makes it easier for me, because I figure I can turn it off; he can't. And knowing that he can't, that there probably isn't a minute that goes by that he's not worrying, thinking, dealing, mulling something around in his head, that there's no real time that he can be down. And just knowing how stressful that is on a person, that's a tough thing to watch...
...which Petr Langer's story bears testimony. In 2005, Klaus, who as president installs all of the country's judges, refused to appoint 32 judges, including Langer, saying they were too young. But Klaus' decision at the time had no ground in legislation and Langer, now 31, sued the head of state. The courts have since ruled in Langer's favor, but the president, who can't be punished for anything other than treason, has so far refused to install him. "I am afraid that he will not respect the verdict," Langer told TIME in an e-mail...
...Afghan refugees - one million of whom still live in Iran - Tehran has resumed sending waves back over by force. Shipments of school text books offensive to Afghanistan's majority Sunni Muslims have also started crossing the border from Shi'a Iran in greater number, according to Rafiq Shahir, head of the Herat Professionals' Council, who claims that mounting communal tensions could boil over because of Iranian influence. "We need to have good relations because we are neighbors, with deep economic and cultural ties," Shahir says, "but we are against Iranian politics here...
...triumphs including last year's commando raid that rescued 15 guerilla-held hostages. Santos will step down at the end of the month to launch his own presidential bid but said he would pull out if Uribe is allowed to run. The reason? Opinion polls show that in a head-to-head contest, Santos would be trounced by his former boss...