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...other places where smoking was once a national pastime, compliance with the ban is high: 97% in New York City, 98.5% in Italy and 94% in Ireland, according to the U.S-based Global Smokefree Partnership. "There will be a transition period, which lasts several months, while people realize the cultural norm has shifted," says The Union's Ratte. "But we have the example of France to go by. Nobody thought it was possible, but after the cut-off date, the norm changed overnight." (See a video on the end of the French custom of smoking in bars and restaurants...
...smoking rates in developed countries fall and tobacco companies step up their presence in other markets to compensate. "People in the region are watching Turkey closely," says Ratte, who is due to take her anti-smoking campaign to Egypt next. "It could become a regional role model, like Ireland was for Europe or New York for the rest...
...consistent revelation is of an unchanging God. Israel may change: God does not. As the writer of Hebrews succinctly states: There is one God, one Saviour, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever." The acceptance of this fact is the door to hope. Enoch Burke, CASTLEBAR, IRELAND...
...inquiry has set up shop in a U.N. office in Islamabad. "They have started receiving reams of transcripts and translations," says Haroon, including police case files and the Scotland Yard report. One of the assistants to Heraldo Munoz, the Chilean ambassador, is Peter Fitzgerald, a retired senior officer with Ireland's national police force. "Fitzgerald has worked on Hariri and in Bosnia," adds Haroon, "he's a great sleuth." Haroon sees the need for an investigation of international stature to allay the not uncommon suspicion of official collusion in her death. (Read: "A Year After Bhutto: Tears and Troop Movements...
...Belgium, Ireland, Portugal and Spain have also said that they may be willing to take in former detainees...