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Incoming European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso faces an uproar in the European Parliament that could cost him his job before it's even slated to begin on Nov. 1. Barroso's problem starts with his designated Commissioner for Justice, Security and Freedom, Rocco Buttiglione, formerly Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's Minister for European Affairs. When he testified on Oct. 5 before the Parliament, Buttiglione mentioned that he considers homosexuality a sin and holds the "traditional" view that marriage is meant to give a "woman the right to have children and the protection...
...first address to the British Parliament, amidst the heat of the Nazi onslaught, Winston Churchill proclaimed, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” In the first big opportunity of his collegiate career, sophomore linebacker Ryan Tully offered everything he had, but added one new item to Churchill’s list—vomit...
...statistical yearbook does away with part of an entire country. On the map on its front cover, Wales has vanished, replaced by nothing but the Irish Sea. Apologetic officials said they meant no offense. No word on whether the Irish Sea gets a seat in the European Parliament...
...dangerous or even, as Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson described them, communist. Brown shrugs off such attacks as proof of the Greens' growing influence, as he did the outrage that followed his interjection, along with fellow Greens senator Kerry Nettle, during President George W. Bush's address to federal parliament last year with a protest about the Australian detainees at Guant?namo...
...Britain , two of the $20 million trains were temporarily taken out of service on opening day. Within a new 53-strong fleet, "you're going to get the occasional problem," says Branson. No sign yet of this tycoon slowing down. Tough Competition In her confirmation hearings before the European Parliament last week, Neelie Kroes, the E.U.'s incoming antitrust chief, described herself as "a tough girl." She'd better be, if she's to take over from Competition Commissioner Mario Monti in November. Huge cases loom, including one with Coca-Cola, and legal and political challenges by software behemoth Microsoft...