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...move to prop him up because Saakashvili had won the respect of Russian President Vladimir Putin by successfully balancing Russian and U.S. interests in the region. Arriving in Batumi to a hero's welcome early Thursday morning, Saakashvili thanked the Ajarians for their "unprecedented heroism and dignity." In Tbilisi, Nino Burjanadze, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, told Time that Georgia had "shown the whole world how important democratic principles are to us." Abashidze was "a classic Soviet-era apparatchik," says Robert Parsons, head of the Georgian service at Radio Liberty in Prague. He effectively stripped opposition parties and media...
...cocoon and learn to appreciate the patriotism and contributions made to America by those who are not Anglo-Protestant. American Hispanics serve as an important conduit to all of Latin America, which is probably the U.S.'s last potential ally in a world so much against us. SATURN NINO NORIEGA Alamogordo...
...true) and claims that he and his father were Mario Puzo's inspiration for Michael and Vito Corleone (debatable). He subscribes to Puzo's vision of the Mafia as a grand old society that the New World corrupted. (For full effect as you read this, play some Nino Rota music on your inner iPod.) "They came from a culture and a tradition that taught people what was right and what was wrong," he says. "When they tried to transfer it to this country, that tradition got diluted by the marketplace mentality of American society. The friendships, the family ties...
...declared a state of emergency and placed the military and security forces on high alert. Shevardnadze accused his opponents of mounting a coup - a charge Saakashvili denied. But late Saturday night, many of his supporters remained inside the parliament building. To compound the confusion, another opposition leader, former Speaker Nino Burjanadze, appeared to proclaim herself interim president, thanking the police and military for "keeping out of the fight." The largely autonomous region of Ajaria began urgent consultations with two long-estranged provinces, heightening fears of a breakup of the country. Shevardnadze, meanwhile, rejected pleas - by his own advisers...
...after 27 years of what he calls “the trap,” living at home with his parents, who just want him to meet and fall in love with a nice Italian girl. After Angelo’s new apartment is robbed, he moves in with Nino, a childhood friend who, like Angelo, is gay. But tell their parents? Fugghedaboutit. Mambo Italiano is a mess. Where sexual orientation, ethnic and family issues should be addressed seriously, another joke is made to relieve the tension. The idea of a gay Italian-French-Canadian has a lot of comic...