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Right wing French politician and presidential hopeful Phillipe de Villiers was roundly denounced last week after his dubious claims that much of the workforce at Charles de Gaulle airport had become infiltrated by Islamic radicals - which, in some ways, was exactly his intention. At a time when mainstream political leaders like interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy are embracing anti-immigrant positions and xenophobic National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen finds his popularity growing, de Villiers was clearly hoping that his sensational claims would raise the profile of his Movement for France (MFF) among the country's hard right voters, which...
...Villiers strategy is that Le Pen drags Sarkozy down in 2006, before being forced to leave politics due to age," says Reyni?. "To de Villiers mind, that leaves him uncontested leader of the hard- and extreme-right, and with Sarkozy defeated as the standard-bearer of dejected mainstream conservatives." It's a long shot, of course, but de Villiers may not have any other kind...
...Nepal, the new government may have no choice but to cooperate. "The fact that the Maoists have got guns makes it all the more imperative that the new government try and deal with them," says Rhoderick Chalmers of the International Crisis Group. "They have to be brought into the mainstream." The Maoists have offered to lay down their arms as long as the planned constitutional referendum proceeds with no conditions-a demand surely to be rejected by the King, who will insist on keeping at least a ceremonial role. Even if the monarchy and the Maoists can come...
That Viswanathan is an Indian American seems to have added to the vehemence of the national reaction. Xenophobia is the, well, elephant in the room that mainstream media not noticed just yet. It is a small beast, much smaller than honesty and class to be sure, but it’s there, and any complete explanation of the "Opal Mehta" controversy must take it into account...
Musicians Ben Folds and Chris Mills will be the central focus at this year’s Yardfest in Tercentenary Theater—the President’s Office’s revamped version of Springfest. While these performers, in terms of their mainstream appeal, may not be a radical departure from previous acts that have appeared at Harvard (Guster, Busta Rhymes, Bob Dylan all performed in the past, though not at Springfest), the logistics behind this year’s concert have shifted considerably.According to the Harvard Concert Committee (HCC), 2006 marks a renewed commitment to undergraduate life...