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...neither Sarkozy nor anyone else has yet concocted a way out of the mess created by the Irish "no." His task will be all the more complicated after the obstreperous Polish President Lech Kaczynski announced Monday that he would not sign the Treaty, saying the document was pointless after Irish voters rejected it. Sarkozy and other leaders agreed last week to push the treaty forward in the 26 other member states, with an eye to the possibility that Ireland might eventually be compelled to put the question to the people again with more success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's EU Challenge | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...about eating hummus, killing Arabs and fornicating.' AMIR KAMINER, movie critic for the Yediot Aharonot daily, blasting Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess with the Zohan, right, as an inaccurate portrayal of Israel, despite its widespread popularity there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...bias here. I love warm weather, even when it slouches toward humidity. I detest the harsh, slightly metallic quality of the air forced through even the fanciest AC systems. The only air conditioner I own sits, unused, in my car; my home is happily unrefrigerated. But given the energy mess we're in, I can now gild my personal preference with a patina of high-mindedness: air-conditioning is bad for the planet, and for national security, and for our balance-of-payments deficit. Unfortunately, it is not as bad as I'd like it to be - in part because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kill Your Air Conditioner | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

...teams squared off for penalties, and Spanish keeper Iker Casillas made great stops on Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Natale to claim the victory. "To be honest I think we deserved it," noted Casillas. To be honest, Iker, we didn't deserve to have to watch this mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: And Then There Were Four | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...None of this makes Cowen's task any easier. He will now report back to the leaders at their October summit with either a road map charting a way out of the mess or a confirmation that another vote is pointless and the treaty must be declared dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Blames Ireland, Moves On | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

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