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...that process says the French have been "bending over backward" to accommodate American wishes for the event. They have given the Americans "everything they wanted," right down to a preferred time slot for the arrival of Air Force One and a higher profile for counterterror issues on the summit agenda. Those relatively painless accommodations hardly signal French contrition, nor are the hawks at the Pentagon willing to offer absolution. France has reacted coolly to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's call that it forgive Iraq's state-to-state debt of some $1.7 billion. And there remains the delicate matter...
...return to the Security Council helps Britain press its case in Washington for UN authorization of the transition in Iraq, which Prime Minister Tony Blair believes is essential to its legitimacy and success. Blair met with both Chirac and Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday at an EU summit in Athens, and reported a positive atmosphere of cooperation on Iraq. And Chirac broke the diplomatic ice with President Bush in a 20-minute phone call earlier this week, in which the French leader promised to take a "pragmatic" approach to postwar Iraq. And antiwar France and Germany join...
...more may be in the offing. - By Tim Padgett Eastward Bound FRANCE The European Parliament endorsed the E.U.'s enlargement eastward by formally voting to admit the 10 new members scheduled to join the union in 2004. Leaders of the 10 countries will sign accession treaties at a special summit in Athens this week. At the weekend, Hungary became the third of the accession countries to approve the move by referendum. The Uses of Torture GERMANY A court ruled that the trial of Magnus Gäfgen, a law student charged with the kidnapping and murder of an 11-year...
That is the iconic memory of Khrushchev--squat, pinkish, piggy, with glittering eyes, a survivor's cunning and an impishly brutal sense of theater. At the Vienna summit, he gave John Kennedy a famous mugging. J.F.K. came away muttering, "I never met a man like this. [I] talked about how a nuclear exchange would kill 70 million people in 10 minutes, and he just looked at me as if to say 'So what...
...World Gourmet Summit is hosted by Singapore's swankiest restaurants, but those looking for more casual fine dining are also in luck. "There are times when you don't want to have to pull on an Italian-tailored suit to order yourself a beef Bourguignonne," says Tan Su-lyn, managing editor of Wine & Dine magazine in Singapore. "Diners are seeking good, honest food that they can afford on a regular basis, above and beyond the occasional special meal...