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...ghosts of a racist colonialism among those it is supposed to help. In fact, after their blood-drenched last century, many Europeans are just plain skeptical about force as a policy instrument in any circumstances. Unsurprisingly, those attitudes are held with particular devotion in Germany. In a recent poll for the German TV station ARD, 86% answered no to the question: "Should the German army carry out combat missions in Afghanistan like other nations' troops...
Citizen Kane is the definitive litmus test, and Oscar failed it. At the top of nearly every critics' poll as the best film of all time, Orson Welles' debut movie was praised to the skies when it opened in 1941. But the resemblance of Charles Foster Kane to publisher William Randolph Hearst cued a campaign to suppress the movie, and Kane flopped in its initial release. In addition, many in the industry rankled at Welles' boy-genius rep and may have resented the freedom this first-timer was given by his studio, RKO. Under these circumstances, it's probably...
...When Bangladesh's President Iajuddin Ahmed cancelled elections and declared a state of emergency in January last year, many Bangladeshis applauded. Campaigning by the country's two main political parties had descended into violence and opposition parties were threatening to boycott the poll. The new military-backed Caretaker Government brought peace to the streets and promised to clean up Bangladesh's rampant corruption, fix its institutions and hold clean elections. One year on and there is no doubt the government has begun the work it set itself: two former prime ministers are in jail awaiting trial, hundreds of other senior...
...Even more crucially, despite the election of market-friendly President Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s relationship with financial markets is a troubled one–hence Kerviel’s heroic status. In 2006, a University of Maryland poll revealed that only 36 percent of French people believed that free-market capitalism was the best system of economic organization, compared to 74 percent in China. No wonder being called “Che Guevara” is a compliment in the Gallic press...
...vote as they choose. "I think as the momentum begins to shift again to Obama, it might have a real impact on those super-delegates. The trends appear to point to a good year for the Democrats - the war still troubles people, the economy is down, President Bush's poll numbers are low. The one thing Democratic leaders won't want is a messy convention...