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...target of al-Qaeda and related jihadist groups, and that the election of Sarkozy - who inspired hostility in France's crumbling suburban ghettoes, and whose support for the U.S. and even the fact that he had a Jewish grandparent is cited in jihadist rants - is simply a useful propaganda ploy for jihadists seeking support...
...history," Loh says. (Yang notes that all this could be the president's canny understanding of voter math in Taiwan: a referendum in 2004 helped get out the vote during Chen's re-election campaign.) The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has accused Chen of using the referendum as a political ploy, but the party announced last week that it too would back a referendum. The KMT says it will in endorse attempting to enter the U.N. under a name less likely to encounter resistance, such as Chinese Taipei, the name the island's athletes use when competing in the Olympics. Given...
...says. (Loh also notes that all this could be the President's canny understanding of voter math in Taiwan: a referendum in 2004 helped get out the vote during chen's re-election campaign.) The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has accused Chen of using the referendum as a political ploy, but the party announced last week that it too would back a referendum. The KMT says it will in endorse attempting to enter the U.N. under a name less likely to encounter resistance, such as Chinese Taipei, the name the island's athletes use when competing in the Olympics. Given Chinese...
...According to Pforzheimer “Warlord” John M. Sheffield ’09, the treaty between the three winners emerged following frustrations at what players characterized as the rampant cheating and treaty-breaking. He cited Dunster’s unhonored alliance with Pforzheimer and a ploy by the Mather War Council to bombard the site with fake accounts in an attempt to shut it down before their demise. “It was a moral victory,” Sheffield said of the treaty, “basically to salvage some dignity in winning the game...
...accountability greater weight in 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...