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...moment, however, this newfound recognition of reality seems to have only one result: strengthening Syrians' support for Hizballah, whatever the consequences for Lebanon. I see posters of Nasrallah plastered on private cars and police motorcycles, and the yellow of the Hizballah flag darts across my vision wherever I look. The support is genuine - the average Syrian is much more passionate about the Palestinian cause than the most ardent Lebanese - as is the anger at Israel, and at the United States. But it is a targeted anger...
...kind of national symbolism but also caused many members of ethnic minorities here to identify openly with Germany. In a country still grappling with the idea of being a multicultural state, this is particularly encouraging. But it is too early for enthusiasm. It remains to be seen whether Germans' newfound identity will survive beyond the final whistle of the tournament. Only if it leads to social progress and a dialogue about persisting split loyalties will it have merited all the praise it has been receiving. Johanna Panzer Augsburg, Germany
...with her. It considers a couple of possibilities: that her perfidy has awoken him to her humanness ("You married a woman I'm not," she says, "that's all"); and that such a person, whether or not she despises him, is worth keeping around - as a challenge to his newfound love, or as a vessel for his revenge. She's worth fighting for, or fighting with...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The “growing up” tale is a staple of college newspapers. Its formulaic version involves some small event convincing the narrator of his or her newfound maturity, thus spawning an epiphany: he or she belongs in the Real World. Having read a fair number of such pieces and, in highbrow manner, dismissed virtually all of them as hopelessly cliché, it was with reluctance, and even embarrassment, that over the past week, I realized I was living through...
...media attention has left a few lone voices wondering if a high-class drug scene is an inevitable consequence of India's recent economic growth and newfound wealth. It's no secret that there are drug-fueled raves on the outskirts of Delhi, and just last week, Indian authorities seized 200 kilograms of cocaine from a South African ship in a Bombay port. Authorities and journalists alike point fingers at India's Nigerian community, who they claim arrive on easily obtainable student visas before beginning to deal cocaine and heroin to the wealthy. In the capital, four cocaine busts have...