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So how does one reconcile Shari'a law with the freewheeling demands of modern tourists? One answer, say tourist officials, is to emphasize faith rather than fundamentalism. Acehnese are famously devout - their province is often called the "Veranda of Mecca." Banda Aceh's tallest building is one of the minarets...
It might work, although Banda Aceh's tragic history remains more of a draw. Unlike Phuket, where the tsunami also struck, Aceh is not simply repairing a tourism infrastructure. It is building one from scratch and tsunami tours are proving popular - particularly in the domestic market. A fifth of Banda...
A few years is an eternity in politics, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy discovered on March 21 when his conservative party was trounced in regional elections. The loss was a stunning reversal of the 2007 polls that propelled Sarkozy to the Elysée and gave conservatives large majorities in...
Will the notoriously hard-charging Sarkozy roll back his reformist drive in the wake of the electoral shellacking? Maybe a bit - especially after his quixotic insistence that the conservatives could win the second round even after the disastrous results of the first round on March 14. Rather than tweak the...
Conservatives blame Sarkozy for their resounding defeat. Some right-wing officials now insist it's time the President abandons his mix-and-match policy decisions and return to basics. "This is a real defeat for us, and it carries a message we have to retain: we must go back to...