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...studied plan to address our problems," said François Tatti, deputy mayor of Bastia, where the no vote surpassed 70%. Arresting Development TURKEY Already strained relations with the U.S. took a sharp turn for the worse when American soldiers in Iraq arrested 11 Turkish troops stationed in the northern Iraqi town of Suleimaniyah, and accused them of plotting to murder a local Kurdish official. Though the soldiers were released after two days, Ankara angrily denounced the arrests. Chief of Staff General Hilmi Ozkok declared the arrests "the biggest crisis of confidence between Turkish and American armed forces to date...
...whole enterprise as the leaders of two of the Union's biggest members jump headlong into the summer silly season. It was bad enough when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi compared Martin Schulz, a German member of the European Parliament, to a Nazi concentration camp guard. But then Northern League firebrand Stefano Stefani - who was clearly in the wrong job as Italy's Deputy Industry Minister for Tourism - wrote a newspaper article calling German tourists "stereotyped blonds with hypernationalist pride ... who noisily invade our beaches." He added that "this Schulz probably grew up ... drinking gigantic amounts of beer and gorging...
...This year, Pala was shot at again, this time by men in police uniforms. Although Pala escaped unscathed, two of his bodyguards were seriously injured. A fellow Filipino radio broadcaster wasn't so lucky. The same day Pala was attacked, John Villanueva, a procommunist talk show host from the northern Luzon city of Legazpi, was shot to death on his way home from the radio station by two motorcycle-riding military...
...surprised that Japan is a source of components. Kim Do Sung, who defected from the North in 1997 and now goes by a pseudonym to protect relatives back home, says he worked for nine years at Plant 38, a huge armaments factory in the city of Huichon in the northern province of Jaggang. Kim says the vast majority of the computer chips and electronic components used in missile guidance systems there were Japanese. He recalls unloading a shipment of equipment from Japan that was like a Christmas stocking for missile scientists, packed with oscilloscopes for analyzing trajectory, special welding machines...
...However sturdy the boats might be, crossing the Drake Passage makes even the saltiest sailor turn green. Seasick pills are therefore mandatory. Along the coast, Antarctic summers might feel warmer than some Northern Hemisphere winters, but serious cold-weather clothing, like skiwear, is still required. Other essential items to bring with you include plenty of sunscreen (the ozone hole over the continent makes UV radiation there extremely strong) and more film than you think you'll ever need...