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...these past two years, told reporters Friday that he too expects early elections. Even a close Marini ally, centrist Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said he is losing hope. "Arriving at a (positive) result is very difficult," he said. "Obviously we'd like it, but it's a very, very tight passage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Italy's Interim Government Stillborn? | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

...swanky Tel Aviv apartment demanding that he honor his earlier promise that Labor resign from Olmert's coalition after the Winograd report. But Barak is now hedging; polls show that in an early election, Barak would lose to Netanyahu. So for now, Barak will probably clutch his cabinet seat tight. The politicians and press will be sifting over the gritty details of the report during the next few days, but Olmert and his new enlarged team of media monitors - their ranks have swollen from four to over 30 in advance of the war report - are putting out the word that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olmert Dodges a Bullet on Lebanon | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...senior dominated Francis in the first set but struggled a bit in the second. Schnitter was able to keep the second set tight and then came out on fire in the tiebreaker...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Comes up Short in Nail-biting Defeat | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...While security was not that tight getting up the mountain, few were allowed to enter the burial ground where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was leading the ceremony. His voice was full of emotion as he offered words of condolences for the five-star general who was once his superior officer in the military. "We have lost one of the nation's best sons, a loyal fighter, true soldier and honorable statesman," he said. "We say thanks for his great contribution and meritorious service to the nation during his life and forgive his faults." Those who could not get in were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Bids Farewell to Suharto | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...each of those contests, Republican voters saw through the façade, and chose two candidates - Mike Huckabee and John McCain - who were running more as real people, not just poll-tested productions. But as the days tick down to Florida's Tuesday vote, with Romney in a tight race with John McCain to win the state, there is evidence that he has learned some lessons. The initial product launch failed, so he has recreated himself as something not so far from the person he actually is - a nerd, who knows how to handle money and make things work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romney's Inner Geek Comes Out | 1/27/2008 | See Source »

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