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What's in a name? Lots. For example, Leonor, the one just given to the princess born to Felipe, the heir to Spain's throne, and his former-journalist wife, Letizia. Lay-o-nor rolls off the Spanish tongue and has a right royal ring; a león is a lion, oro is gold. But frankly, a Leonardo would have been better. Maybe not to the thrilled parents, or the hundreds of journalists on goo-goo detail outside the Madrid clinic where the princess was born. But yes, the Spanish constitution would definitely have preferred un hombre. It says...
...Zarqawi, born Ahmad Nazzal Fadil al Khalayilah (his nom de guerre is an adaptation of Zarqa, his industrial hometown in northern Jordan) has been engaged in a long-running struggle with Jordan's King Abdullah II. Their duel began immediately after Abdullah ascended the throne in 1999, when he freed the Jordanian militant from prison in a general amnesty. Zarqawi, 39, had been jailed in the early 1990s on sedition charges after joining an Islamic fundamentalist group. He repaid Abdullah's royal gesture by starting a relentless terrorism campaign against Jordanian monarchy. In turn, Abdullah has stood firm against Islamic...
...officials is the substantial numbers of the Kingdom's young men who have gone off to Iraq to join Zarqawi's cause-the jihad against the U.S.-led effort to build a new Iraq. The fighters often hail from well-known tribes that are otherwise loyal to the Hashemite throne. Another generation of young Zarqawis, Jordanian officials fear, may cause a new era of violence, undermining the moderate, prosperous and pro-American kingdom that Abdullah is desperately trying to build...
...know Prince Charles. Long-serving apprentice to the British throne; sidles through walkabouts with an anxious grin; royally messed up his marriage to Diana; lives high off the British taxpayer while he rails against modern architecture; talks to his plants. Ineffectual, eccentric, emotionally stunted. Oh, and maybe he'll step aside to let his dreamboat son William become the next King? Charles, who says he is "one of those people who feel very strongly and deeply about things," strongly and deeply resents that image and the newspapers who promote it. His staff is laboring to change it. An important front...
...some of his disagreements with government policy - over genetically modified food, for example - become obvious. As King, says Hunt, "I'm skeptical he'll suddenly be able to throw away his beliefs." Harverson says his boss "fully understands he can't be a campaigner as King." When on the throne, Charles' charities will be run by others. "He will be a symbol of national unity and continuity." Camilla will help. Friends say his marriage has calmed him down. Polls show two-thirds of the public approve of the union (though a similar proportion still don't want...