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...just under three years, the U.N. administration in Kosovo has tried to establish its authority in the north of Mitrovica - and failed. A new attempt is now under way, spearheaded by Nebojsa Covic, Serbia's Vice Premier and the minister responsible for Kosovo. The province is still legally part of Serbia and Belgrade continues to pay the salaries of northern Mitrovica's civil servants, though elsewhere in Kosovo the U.N. is in charge. Covic hopes to persuade Ivanovic and others to play along with the U.N. in exchange for assurances about Serbs' long-term security. "They have to face reality...
...valley, many offering daily tastings. And that's just the beginning of the gourmet allures: the region features some of the country's finest restaurants and many top-end inns and resorts. With Sydney only a two-hour drive away, the Hunter Valley has emerged as Australia's premier gastronomic destination...
Where Kirch will next turn for help is uncertain. It would probably be a bad idea to approach Stoiber, who formally launched his campaign for the German chancellorship last month. Bayerische Landesbank - which is 50% owned by the Bavarian state, where Stoiber has been premier since 1993 - is Kirch?s biggest lender, with an estimated $1.7 billion in loans. Last year, the regional government saw to it that the bank provided a loan for Kirch to acquire a stake in Formula One motor racing. But the bank?s massive exposure to the media empire has raised eyebrows, and political pundits...
...Kirch may have to give up significant parts of the conglomerate he built from scratch over more than four decades. And, should the controversy taint friends who helped him along the way, he may not be the only high-profile casualty. One of his staunchest backers is Edmund Stoiber, premier of Bavaria and the opposition candidate set to challenge Gerhard Schr?der for the German chancellorship in September...
...movies from which it was spawned. Gone is the grimy street noir of Wu-Tang Forever; on Iron Flag, we instead have more party jams (“Soul Power”), gangsta crooning (“Back in the Game”) and traditional boom-bap (the DJ Premier-esque “Rules”). It’s an admirable try and not without its high points. These include the sounds of a widescreen street battle that open the album, the positively deadly ninja star whizzing by your head in “Radioactive...