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...rooted in religion". That followed his comments in the Vatican in late December, where the President praised faith and extolled "France's Christian roots". But given French laws strictly separating matters of church and state - and Fifth Republic tradition requiring presidents to put a muzzle on personal convictions, and maintain neutrality that allows them to represent citizens of all creeds - Sarkozy soon found himself facing a storm of controversy. The result: the Elysée officially declared Sarkozy's "attachment to the principle of secularity" on Thursday - a position the president also underlined during a speech earlier that...
...strengthened the Islamic republic. Despite denouncing Iran's influence in the new Iraq, the Administration has spent billions propping up an Iraqi government whose leaders take many of their cues from Tehran. Threats of possible U.S. military action against Iran have given President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a scapegoat, helping him maintain power by stirring nationalist solidarity. And the removal of Saddam Hussein and the Taliban, combined with the decline in U.S. influence in the region, has created a void that Iran has exploited to spread its influence...
...leaving it to Harvard for a specific purpose,” said Suffolk Probate and Family Court register Richard Iannella, whose office keeps the will. “Obviously Harvard can’t use the argument ‘we don’t have the money to maintain it.’ They have the largest [university] endowment in the world...
...studies at a “Kennedy School”. Kennedys (sp?) perhaps. Hence the school’s new motto: “Ask what you can do.”According to Executive Dean John A. Haigh, the change in name is meant to “maintain the connection to the Harvard name so people will know who we are.” Sure. We wouldn’t want people thinking that you were the Kennedy School of Government at some quotidian university, would we? For shame! But while those feisty agents of change down...
...fighting for justice in Kenya," said Roland Peterson, who wore a bright white woolen hat embroidered with a New York Yankees logo, dancing around a flaming barricade in the Kibera slum. "It was peaceful but now they are killing our people, we can't maintain peace while they are killing our people. We ought to fight...