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...That mood of despair is shared by Tyre's local government, which has found itself confronting a catastrophe that dwarfs its meager capabilities. A crowd of anxious people throng the reception area of the municipality's offices, begging for food handouts and bottled water. "There's nothing for them. We have no supplies," says Hassan Al-Husseini, the mayor, bitterly...
...front runner, former Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party, has turned his rallies into carnival-style events, with supporters tossing marigold garlands around his neck and hoisting cages with squawking chachalaca birds that wear his opponents' names. To a raucous throng last week in Puebla, south of Mexico City, López pledged to rid the government of the "arrogant, mediocre, lying thieves who cripple this country!" That got the crowd worked up even more...
...assuming you have the time it's much more fun to head to a bustling food hall and browse unfamiliar delicacies for yourself. In fact, some of the more elaborate food stores, like those listed here, are attractions in their own right. Grab a shopping basket, join the throng and experience some local flavor...
...assuming you have the time it's much more fun to head to a bustling food hall and browse unfamiliar delicacies for yourself. In fact, some of the more elaborate food stores, like those listed here, are attractions in their own right. Grab a shopping basket, join the throng and experience some local flavor. Birmingham The U.K.'s second city has long held an undeserved reputation for grittiness. Initiatives like the futuristically designed Selfridges department store, tel: (44-121) 600 6796, may finally start to redress this wrong. The store - decorated with 15,000 bright metallic disks that were apparently...
...feel to be greeted by a throng of supportive, cheering students as you walked out of your office on the day of your resignation? Were you surprised? LHS: It was not an easy day and that was a bright and warm moment. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction that some of the things that I had tried very hard to push for and do and to project had been noticed and appreciated by Harvard students. I’m grateful to the students who were there for me that day. I always tried to be there for Harvard students...