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...years ago, the cultural and material poverty of life in Iran would have sent a privileged young woman like her fleeing to London or Los Angeles. Today Seddigh drives a silver BMW, drinks authentic Red Bull, wears Puma shoes and travels regularly to Europe. Her middle-class friends can afford real Coca-Cola as well as trips to Goa and Malaysia. (It's generally cheaper to travel east.) They meet friends online through the networking website Orkut.com and feel connected through the things they buy, the Internet they're addicted to and their ability to travel to a global community...
...chorus of complaints from leading ladies, there's more than one international leader who could stand to spend more time on his domestic agenda. Cherie Blair raised a few eyebrows with a tabloid interview in which she revealed that the British Prime Minister, with whom she just celebrated her silver wedding anniversary, is "not one for flowers." Moreover, she said his fidelity was assured not by the strength of their 25-year marriage, but because if he strayed, "I would kill him." In April, Laura Bush established herself as the best act in Washington D.C. She had White House reporters...
...wing of the ruling African National Congress (A.N.C.) party, must have been aware of bribes sought by Shaik on his behalf. "He's now a risk to the government in terms of perception," says William Gumede, author of a recent book on President Mbeki and the A.N.C. But the silver lining to the scandal, says Gumede, is that the judgment showed "the system worked. It's a very important psychological step for South Africa: proof that no one - no matter who they know - is above...
...never quite fit as a traditional rock star. He's just too wet. And while it's O.K. to be sensitive, it's asking a lot to be sensitive and cliched. That taste in his mouth on The Hardest Part? Bittersweet. His head? In the sand. The clouds? Silver lined. Still, the man can flat-out sing, and when the band whips up its beautiful hurricanes and he stops trying to fix us (yes, there's actually a song called Fix You), X&Y has moments where you really can lose yourself, particularly on the title track, when Martin briefly...
...raised in Silver Spring, Maryland ... We were too lazy to govern ourselves. Our town motto was 'I'd like to vote, but I don't feel like driving...