Word: monarchism
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...around $10 million in public funds, to turn over their financial records. That motion was defeated, but it didn't stop the same party from last month raising a new proposal that would shift the position of Commander in Chief, which historically has belonged to the King, from the monarch to the Prime Minister. Beyond the maneuverings of an avowedly republican party, other signs of change have appeared. In July, a weekly satirical magazine called El Jueves published a cartoon that depicted the heir to the throne, Prince Felipe, having sex with his wife. Over the summer, leaders...
...less salacious in its interpretation but no less compelling in the fashion stakes. Before the corpulence and the gout set in, Henry was a strapping King, and it's this image that inspired Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell, who conceived a wardrobe of fluid ensembles for the youthful monarch played by Eric Bana. For the ambitious Boleyn sisters, Powell designed jewel-toned gowns with tight bodices and hoopskirts. The gowns become increasingly extravagant as the sisters' position rises. Johansson must have fancied the strict silhouette: she's reportedly playing Mary, Queen of Scots in another film...
...took over as King of Afghanistan when he was just 19, forced into the role by the 1933 assassination of his father. Though Mohammed Zahir Shah, left, the country's last monarch, was not exactly dynamic--he ceded power to his uncles in the early part of his 40-year rule--he presided over an era of relative peace and is now regarded as the "father of the nation." Among the reforms he introduced before being ousted in a 1973 coup: mandated primary education for all children and voting rights for women...
...enough to confuse the demonstration with anything from a labor rights march to a municipal zoning dispute. Hundreds of Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers protested against abusive recruitment agencies and called for an increase in the minimum wage. In Victoria Park, beneath a dour-faced statue of the British monarch, Falun Gong demonstrators jostled for space with activists urging an end to political pressure on RTHK, Hong Kong's public broadcaster. As the crowd moved steadily through the streets of Causeway Bay, a popular shopping district, union representatives brushed shoulders with nationalists bearing oversized posters of Chinese revolutionary...
...blow to Saudi diplomacy was reflected in what the Kingdom's top diplomat described as the "stern" messages he has delivered to Palestinian leaders on behalf of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. The Saudi monarch, Prince Saud explained, is holding Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Hamas exile chief Khaled Meshaal "firmly to the commitment they made in the eyes of God." In mediating the accord, the Saudis argued that Palestinian unity was essential in order to start negotiations with Israel, brushing aside U.S. concerns that Hamas, a radical group that...