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...That demographic includes hundreds of thousands of former supporters of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who backed Sarkozy's 2007 presidential bid after he promised to combat authorized and illegal immigration alike, and to impose order on France's ethnically diverse suburban housing projects. Once in office, Sarkozy has delivered on those pledges - and then some...
...spirit: "I hope my assassination will be seen not as a defeat of freedom but an inspiration for those who survive to step up their efforts." His mourners took up that call to action and turned his funeral procession into a mass protest through the streets of Colombo. The pen is powerful, but sometimes it isn't enough...
...group put a package together to send to Barack Obama, what should we ask for?" Richardson posed the question at the start of the meeting. The answers were varied and thoughtful. Why not encourage high school students to get passports to promote foreign travel? Why not sponsor overseas pen-pal programs via the Internet? Should there be more awards to recognize great teachers...
...fundraisers for him. Having picked Warren to pray at the Inauguration and Republican Robert Gates to stay on at the Department of Defense (where Gates will likely continue the policy of investigating gay service members - a policy he has the legal power to end with the stroke of a pen), Obama will now have to do something nice for the gays. Today, the Washington Times brings news that some retired military leaders are supporting William White, an openly gay man who is chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, to be Secretary of the Navy. That would be cool...
Under the old pen-and-paper system, inspectors could check out about 20 properties a day, according to Mills. The computerized geocoded map allows them to catalog 10 times as many...