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...with tongue-in-cheek comments from readers who not only question Gaddafi's sanity, but also wonder how Switzerland would be divided up if the Libyan leader's motion were to be taken seriously. "Who is going to get the Matterhorn?" a reader asked in the Lausanne daily Le Matin. "Linguistically it belongs to Germany, but geographically it borders Italy." Another reader in Le Matin said he is "scandalized that Austria is not getting its fair share," while a Geneva resident wrote that he doesn't want his region to be annexed to France and asked about the possibility...
...Most everyone agrees on one point: Libya should not be casting stones. "Is the U.N. going to listen to a long-standing democracy or to a long-standing dictatorship?" Eduard Hediger, 19, asked in a recent Le Matin podcast. If Gaddafi's long-winded speech to the General Assembly is any indication, the U.N. may not have much of a choice in the matter...
...initiate the fight, German forces in July launched their biggest operation since World War II to clear Chahar Dara district, a Pashtun insurgent stronghold west of Kunduz city where hundreds of fighters travel openly in pickup trucks and demand money and food villagers. But, says local resident Abdul Matin, 28, the militants simply filtered back into the area when the Germans returned to base and police are nowhere in sight. The insurgent efforts accelerated ahead of the Aug. 20 presidential elections, which the Taliban had vowed to disrupt. President Hamid Karzai's running mate, Mohammad Qasim Fahim, was nearly assassinated...
...legendary Art Deco-style bar known for its artists, cocktails and live jazz. La Paix, tel: (32-2) 523 0958, is a gem of a restaurant attached to a delicatessen. I particularly enjoy selecting choice cuts of meat at their butchery. My nightcap would be at Le Bar du Matin, tel: (32-2) 537 7159, where they have really good music...
...Since taking power in mid-January amid allegations of electoral fraud in the run-up to Jan. 22's now-postponed elections, the interim government has rounded up thousands of lower level officials. But as government communications adviser Major General M.A. Matin told reporters, "Our business at the moment is netting big fish." Among them: senior politicians and former ministers from both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its archrival, the Awami League (AL). The detainees, who maintain their innocence, have been imprisoned for 30 days without bail on suspicion of "antistate activities, sabotage and corruption." They have...