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...still plagued by one of the world's worst gaps between rich and poor. Democratic elections are of course a good thing. But "if we want to win the hearts and minds of people in Caracas, Jakarta, Nairobi or Tehran," Obama wrote in his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope, "dispersing ballot boxes will not be enough. We'll have to make sure that the international rules we're promising enhance, rather than impede, people's sense of material and personal security...
...years. Still, nobody is banking on that outcome. Sheila Taylor, a pensioner who moved there in the 1930s, finds a very British way to look on the bright side. "I'll probably be gone by the time they start building," says the 77-year-old. "In a way, I hope that...
...territory. (The organization is estimated to have close to 20,000 men under arms in Gaza, of whom Israel claims to have killed no more than 2.5% so far.) That would force Israel to reoccupy a territory from which it sought to separate in 2005. Still, Israeli leaders hope the military operation can deal a powerful enough blow to hobble Hamas. They still wish to see Abbas' authority reimposed as part of any truce. More realistically, perhaps, Arab mediators and the U.N. Security Council have urged that cease-fire plans restore reconciliation between Abbas and Hamas. Arab countries had previously...
...required to pay a licensing fee. Consumer groups accuse European politicians of swooning for the handful of crooners currently lobbying for copyright extension. French singer Johnny Hallyday - a close friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy - and the British pop legend Cliff Richard have run high-profile campaigns in the hope of continuing to collect royalties on recordings of songs they released in the 1950s. "Copyright is an economic instrument, not a moral one," Andrew Gowers, author of a 2006 British-government-funded study of intellectual-property laws and a proponent of shorter copyright terms, recently said. "Consumers find themselves paying...
...Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier was also outraged. "Roquefort is a traditional French product illustrating how a production process can guarantee sanitary safety while preserving a world-renowned gastronomic heritage," Barnier said in a ministry statement. "We hope friendly dialogue with the new Obama administration will help resolve this problem...