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There are plenty of ways to commit suicide, but few more public than turning a multiton moving train full of passengers into a bullet. Last year in the U.K., 194 people killed themselves on the tracks of mass-transit systems, with some 50 of those choosing the sooty tunnels of...
The trip was a reminder, too, that Tip O'Neill's adage about politics being local applies overseas as well. Two of the countries on his itinerary - Israel and Britain - are likely to see changes in government in the near future, so Obama made a point of meeting with leaders...
It has not always been to a politician's advantage to be loved in Europe - just ask John "Looks French" Kerry. Republicans are hoping that Obama's trip will backfire with voters as an exercise in presumption. "This week the presidential contest was a long-distance affair, with my opponent...
Still, American public perceptions of France remain partially shaped by Paris' opposition to the Iraq war - meaning, as John Kerry painfully discovered, accusations of excessive association with the French can seriously handicap a candidate. For that reason, Obama was asked whether his mere five-hour stopover in Paris - and the...
"I don't know anyone who doesn't want to spend more time in Paris, but time just got too short," Obama responded. Then, taking up Sarkozy's remark that both men are the sons of immigrants who'd risen to the top of their respective societies, Obama noted there...