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...popular. A mixture of Juan Perón and Frank Sinatra. Never a dull moment. Does the Italian media criticize him? Not his papers and his TV stations. Nor, with a few exceptions, state-controlled outlets such as Rai. The right-wing press adores him. The left-wing press despises him. Only a few papers - including my own Corriere della Sera - discuss him day by day, case by case, column by column...
...from the U.S., so it's entirely possible that the virus began in Europe (the H1N1 virus has Eurasian genes), then moved to America and Mexico with pigs before infecting the first human. "It's going to take several weeks and maybe months to get a clearer picture," says Juan Lubroth, a senior officer at the FAO. "There's just a lot that we don't know." (Read "Swine Flu: Don't Blame...
...government doesn't so much reflect Basque society as represent an attempt to squash it's hard-won autonomy. The party won more votes than any single party in the March 1 regional election, but failed to achieve the necessary majority. Today, outgoing president Juan José Ibarretxe told the Basque parliament that the Socialist-led government does "not represent the majority of society," and cast the new government as "a serious attempt to annul Basque identity...
...bars and hope one of them has this fight on along with the Celtics game. Manny Pacquiao, the pride of the Phillipines, is currently considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the game right now, after his victories over Oscar "Golden Boy" De La Hoya and arch rival Juan Manuel Marquez. The underdog in this fight, Ricky Hatton, pride of Britain, has endured legions of fans with his brawler-style and charisma in the ring. He's been a rising star in boxing, but needs to prove he's more than just a fluke after being absolutely obliterated...
...saying I have a Ferrari, a plane, a yacht. But it's not true. I've got three planes, two yachts, six houses. I've been rich all my life!" In 2004, his daughter Margarita wed Luis Alfonso de Borbón, a cousin of Spain's King Juan Carlos, great-grandson of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and a legitimate heir to the non-existent throne of France. They were married at Vargas' palatial mansion in the Dominican Republic, a wedding that was catered by New York's exclusive Le Cirque restaurant and included 1,000 guests...