Word: pan-european
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...forward, Henrik Larsson, whose mother is Swedish and whose father hails from the West African island of Cabo Verde? Once, Rangers only signed Protestant players; today, like Celtic, they've followed the trend of shopping in soccer's global labor market in order to make themselves competitive in the pan-European leagues that are the most lucrative for the continent's clubs. So, while the fans treat the game as a tableux enactment of ancient tribal battles, the "actors" are Dutchmen, Georgians, Danes, Brazilians, Portuguese, Swedes, Frenchmen, Guineans, Ivorians, Bulgarians and others whose professional wanderings might have them, within...
...year all over Europe and replacing the old art houses, smaller films find themselves jostling for space with blockbusters (and the crappy U.S. flicks that cinemas run to ensure they get their hands on those blockbusters). So far, it has been a losing battle. But if a viable pan-European market could be created, Europe stands a chance of taking its place beside Hollywood on cinema screens, instead of just sulking in its shadow. If the revolution is coming, however, it is coming slowly. Until it does, Blind Spot director Slak, and others whose talents still go unseen outside their...
...does this mean?'," Orkina says. Coca-Cola moved fast to capitalize on the buzz. Teaming with record label BMG, which had found DJ Bobo, it slapped a Coke logo on CDs and started selling singles. The campaign spread to other markets. And Chihuahua mamboed to No. 2 on the pan-European Eurochart. The stealth marketing success of 2003 in the Netherlands, a TV show called 6Pack, is funded by Heineken, but you won't see its logo during the show. 6Pack, which ended its 100-episode run last week, gave six young people 15 minutes each weeknight to amuse themselves...
...linked to Doha associate Rabah Kadre, arrested by police in London last month under Britain's Terrorism Act amid reports that he and two confederates were planning a gas attack on the London Underground. The arrest of Khalfaoui and others with ties to Doha raises fears that Doha's pan-European network is reassembling, just as Britain prepares a final decision on U.S. demands for Doha's extradition. --By Bruce Crumley. With reporting by Helen Gibson/London
...insufficient evidence to hold him. Two days after his release, Abou Jahjah relaxes in the downtown Antwerp apartment of his lieutenant, 26-year-old Ahmed Azzuz. In jeans, navy blue sweater and socks, he looks like a graduate student taking a study break. He says he dreams of a pan-European coalition of Arab Muslims with the power to force European governments to reckon with Islamic communities. "We have three basic demands," he says. "Bilingual education for Arab-speaking kids, hiring quotas that protect Muslims, and the right to keep our cultural customs. For example, there should be laws that...