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...France's international relations. A trained physician, Kouchner founded the M?decins Sans Fronti?res (Doctors Without Borders) relief group in 1971, and used the diplomacy skills he learned in humanitarian crises to launch a political career. Socialist opponents have called Sarkozy's recruitment of Kouchner a ploy to co-opt and thus weaken the left ahead of June legislative elections. Supporters counter that the pick is proof of Sarkozy's commitment to seek public and political consensus as he modernizes France...
Once suitably soaked, perhaps with an authentic fleck of rain-forest mud or two around your ankles, forge your way back to the Livingstone for lunch. After a morning discovering Africa, most guests quite rightly opt for an afternoon by the pool. Children and companions with attention-deficit disorder can be diverted to helicopter rides over the Falls or game drives in the tiny adjacent Mosi-oa-Tunya Zoological Park, which boasts five white rhinos, as well as antelopes, giraffes and buffalos. Exploring this ain't - and it's all the better for it. www.suninter national.com
...octane, you may need more help than merely occasional travelers do. The Revival Treatment ($155) at the Banyan Tree Seychelles, tel: (248) 383 500, doubles the medicine, with two therapists simultaneously kneading your face, hands and feet. The final ahh is a synchronized back-and-foot massage. You can opt to have the treatment in your sumptuous villa or in one of the spa's hillside pavilions - all are ensconced amid lush vegetation...
Each year, about 50 to 70 of these students—known collectively as the “Z-List” by admissions officers—opt to take a year off before matriculation or are accepted on the condition that they take a year...
...Also sure to be leaving DEI will be Anheuser-Busch, which hitched its beer wagon to Earnhardt in 2000. The Budweiser contract with DEI has an opt-out clause that will allow them to follow. Earnhardt also made it a point to express his loyalty to Chevrolet, whose nameplate he's raced under his whole career. The automaker has featured him prominently in its celebrity driven advertising campaigns. Were he to end up in another make, such as Toyota - which entered the Nextel Cup Series this season but has been embarrassed by poor performance and cheating scandals from the start...