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Criticism by the opposition Partido Popular (PP) that Zapatero is soft on the nationalists - and separatists - in the Basque and Catalan provinces appear to have pushed the Prime Minister toward a tougher stance on nationalist demands. He has certainly come down hard on ETA and has closed off negotiations with Batasuna for a political solution to the decades-old Basque conflict. Zapatero acknowledged recently that there should be "no expectation" of new negotiations with...
...this grim economic news represents Sarkozy's return to hard reality, where essentials won't turn around and pick up with a rousing performance or deft spin of events," says Dominique Reynié, a political analyst at the Foundation of Political Sciences in Paris. "His initial successes involved passing tougher immigration law, opening up cabinet posts to leftist politicians, raising France's profile in international affairs - all things that produce big headlines, but whose real impact are hard to measure. And with economic worries now overtaking that earlier buzz, I think it's fair to say Sarkozy has failed...
...Getty, though a civil suit against True was dropped. The Getty's current Director Michael Brand, who came to the museum in 2005, after it emerged that many items in the collection of the Getty Villa were probably looted from Italian sites, said top museums must help set new tougher standards, though with limits in how far back a country can contest patrimony. He wants to see 1970 as a cutoff date. "Our previous policy was widely acclaimed as one of the strictest in the U.S. It wasn't as strict as the one we have now," he told TIME...
...deposits in Indonesia and Brunei. But now, global instability and rising demand from India and China have spiked oil prices to over $80 per barrel, and governments are nationalizing major fields from Russia to Venezuela. At the same time, as offshore technology improves, oil firms can hunt in deeper, tougher waters, like the Timor Gap between Australia and East Timor. So the region has exploded with oil fever. Vietnam plans to explore in seven offshore blocks, Malaysia this summer launched the deepwater Kikeh field, and Indonesia expects production from its vast Cepu oil field to start next year. East Timor...
...Williams, a second-team All-Ivy selection a year ago, he’s getting used to making it tougher for opposing quarterbacks to throw the ball...