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...Sarkozy's desire to reach out to Bush may have been one reason he chose to vacation in Wolfesboro, New Hampshire, just an hour's drive from the Bush family compound. "There was no political purpose to this meeting, which became possible because President Sarkozy is vacationing not far from the Bush home," says Elysée spokesman David Martinon. "The idea was for the two men to meet informally, in a friendly manner, and discuss international topics, and manage their disagreements and contradictions in a calm and cordial...
...Yangtze is relatively unpolluted. But untrammeled commerce and massive hydrological projects like the Three Gorges Dam have dramatically altered the river's landscape. With as many as 60 boats per km of river in some areas, the Yangtze already looks less like a river than a highway during rush hour. "Baiji are at the top of the food chain just like human beings," Wang says. "If the river can't support baiji, someday it won't support humans either...
...Dili. "The situation is volatile, but the incidents of violence are sporadic and isolated and able to be contained," she says, despite just having a rock smash through the windscreen of her UN car. The UN registered 31 incidents including arson, rock-throwing and roadblocks over a 10-hour period on Monday night, but had no reports of casualties. The worst attack torched the Customs office; a second Customs building was set on fire early Tuesday. On Wednesday Gusmão was sworn in and promised to "dedicate all my energy to the defense and consolidation of independence and national...
...movie theater, hospital, and 24-hour deli (seriously, New Yorkers don’t realize how lucky they have it) within walking distance of my home in Illinois, I would consider having a driver’s license less of a necessity. Even the environmental friendliness of not driving would make up for having to carry my passport around as proof of being 21. There is comfort, though, in knowing that, if the opportunity presented itself, I could hijack the Hamptons jitney or make the six-hour, 25-mile trip to New Jersey at six p.m. on a weekday...
...legislator rhetorically asked on the floor of the French senate in 2004, “must we always call attention to that which divides us, or is it better, rather, to reinforce that which makes us alike?” He wouldn’t have lasted half an hour in Harvard Square...