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...Unlike his immediate predecessor, Berlusconi can be expected to lead a coalition of solid majorities in both houses of Parliament. Prodi, who beat Berlusconi twice, in 1996 and 2006, spent these last two years in power with a razor-thin margin in the Senate, where his governing coalition finally imploded in January after a failed confidence vote. Veltroni, leader of the newly formed Democratic party, made a point of not aligning with more extreme parties on the left. He is expected to head the opposition, and will try to consolidate power across the center-left spectrum and winnow away more...
...eclectic Spanish artist Jaime Hayon, known for reimagining Lladró's porcelain collectibles, in charge of the redesign. But chef Paco Roncero, who worked at the famed El Bulli, was a fan and wanted Hayon to match the restaurant's décor with the creativity of his dishes, like razor clams with coconut foam. The result is an Alice in Wonderland fantasy in which Hayon has made everything from the chandeliers and reception desk to the columns and doorknobs. Best of all, you don't need to be a Spanish aristocrat to eat there...
...France's left-of-center parties, led by the previously floundering Socialists. Leftist wrenched 40 cities from conservative incumbents, including 30 with 20,000 or more inhabitants; rightists nabbed just six from outgoing leftist administrations. In Paris, incumbent Socialist mayor Betrand Delanoë added eight points to his razor-thin margin of victory in 2001 - not only winning an outright majority of the city council, but also positioning himself as a favorite in an expected showdown with former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal for the party's leadership later this year. Socialist-led tickets captured France...
...have her name removed from the credits when she discovered the film’s glaring historical inaccuracies.She recalled one exchange between the filmmakers in a 2005 Financial Times article: “Kathy, we need to get a piece of evidence which proves that women gladiators had sharpened razor blades attached to their nipples. Could you have it by lunchtime?â€â€œThat was not a very good experience for her,†department administrator Teresa T. Wu said. “I think she won’t work with Hollywood again...
...current U.N. mission in Baghdad is tiny. Their cramped offices are located at the end of a series of concrete and razor-wire-lined streets in the Green Zone, accessed through Fijian, Peruvian and Ugandan checkpoints. Meanwhile, UNICEF, the U.N.'s children's aid organization, is the most conspicuously absent. Others, such as the World Health Organization, UNHCR (the U.N.'s refugee agency) and the U.N. Development Programme have between zero and three people in Baghdad at any given time. The security alert for the office is at level four, one stage before evacuation...