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...much bigger problem, and it will take time to sort out how this speech plays out against centuries of racial tensions that have been part of Pennsylvania politics. After all, there's one town - York - that surrendered to the South before the battle of Gettysburg, and the mayor of Hazelton has campaigned on immigration in a way that has carried racial overtones...
...have said that you're not supported by the presidency... Our expectations were that because Ahmadinejad was a mayor of Tehran himself, we'd be able to collaborate much better. But these expectations were not met. Professionally, our relations are not very warm...
Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, the mayor of Tehran, is emerging as a quiet rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Described as a moderate conservative, Qalibaf is likely to be a contender for the presidency in next year's national elections, though he refuses to talk directly about his plans. He does however maintain that he and Ahmadinejad have "tastes" that "are very different" - and that they are clearly not friends. Many political observers believe Qalibaf is behind the Reformist Fundamentalists' Coalition, which split from the main conservative coalition before last week's elections. (Candidates loosely allied with the coalition have captured...
...cabinet's actions. The result was a victorious surge by France's left-of-center parties, led by the previously floundering Socialists. Leftist wrenched 40 cities from conservative incumbents, including 30 with 20,000 or more inhabitants; rightists nabbed just six from outgoing leftist administrations. In Paris, incumbent Socialist mayor Betrand Delanoë added eight points to his razor-thin margin of victory in 2001 - not only winning an outright majority of the city council, but also positioning himself as a favorite in an expected showdown with former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal for the party...
...clear indication of the split among conservatives, the Wide Coalition of Fundamentalists, close to the more moderate conservative figures such as former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and current Tehran mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, wrote a formal letter of complaint to the Guardian Council accusing pro-Ahmadinejad conservatives of irregular activities at some polling stations...