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In the days leading up to Brown's surprise announcement, polls had indeed hinted that British voters might want change - from Labour to the Tories. A survey of marginal constituencies conducted by the U.K.'s largest Sunday tabloid, the News of the World, for publication on Oct. 7, showed the...
Has there ever been an election campaign with so many anti-climaxes? A surprise ruling by Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday on President General Pervez Musharraf's eligibility to run for a second term technically threatened his bid to stay in power and had many Pakistanis scratching their head over...
Sequestered on a hill about a 40-minute drive from Chiang Mai, Proud Phu Fah doesn't attract young urbanites so much as families and others looking for a quiet puff of Thai mountain air. Yet that's not to say that the hotel lacks contemporary style. The first clue...
That two novels grappling with fundamentalism in India should appear at the same time is hardly surprising: dealing with sectarianism is among India's most pressing needs. With the country's politicians failing to drive the debate, who can fault Indian writers for taking on the challenge? Nor is it...
Kosovo Albanian leaders, who have sought independence since well before the 1999 war, are no less adamant. Late last month Prime Minister Agim Ceku, a former rebel commander, proclaimed that Kosovo is now ready to coordinate a unilateral declaration of independence "with the United States and other countries." If "forced...