Word: mediterraneans
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...American friends to tell them that they can count on our friendship," but also insisting that Washington "accept that friends can think differently." He then scolded America for not accepting the Kyoto accords on global warming. He also called for greater European cooperation, and for a new trans-Mediterranean partnership to speed economic development in Africa countries, which he saw as important to help curb immigration into Europe...
Celiento, 50, seems perfectly cast to play the part of policeman in this pulsating Mediterranean city: quick-witted and classically handsome, with salt-and-pepper hair, mirrored sunglasses and a well-pressed blue uniform. But he's not cracking Mob cases. He's using the STOP paddle in his right hand to pull taxis over at random--checking if their meters are rigged--and show passing motorists in hectic Piazza Garibaldi that the Law is indeed watching, if mostly for minor violations...
...that we find our feet only when our neighbors stand with us in freedom and equality. Our humanity is diminished when we have no mission bigger than ourselves. And one way to define who we are might be to spend more time looking across the eight miles of Mediterranean Sea that separates Europe from Africa...
Despite the obstacles, Siniora is optimistic about Lebanon's future as he stands on a balcony of the Sérail, with nary a protester in sight, looking out over Beirut below, the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Lebanon's snow-capped mountains to the east. "We have the benefit of past experience, which was a deadly experience," he says. "There is no other option for Lebanese but to understand that they have to live together." Perhaps his own combination of steely will and flexibility will show the way to that elusive goal...
...Corbin and King are known for their clubby interiors and Nanny-knows-best comfort dishes. Yet St Alban, housed in a former BBC radio studio, features jet-set banquettes with turquoise and amethyst upholstery in a vast, brightly lit space reminiscent of an airline lounge. The food is a Mediterranean mélange of influences stretching from Venice to Lisbon, under the command of Southern Italian chef Francesco Mazzei...