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...clearest in foreign policy. The love-hate relationship with the U.S. is warming up. George W. must like what he hears. Sarkozy accuses Putin's Russia of a "certain brutality," and he castigates Beijing for "transforming its insatiable search for raw materials into a strategy of control." Nobody sounds tougher on Iran. If sanctions fail, the choice is stark: "an Iranian bomb, or the bombing of Iran...
...with his phenomenal hyperactivity, Sarkozy seems to have the four arms of the god Vishnu. It is not by accident that he has won over French voters. Sarkozy has skillfully used the media to trumpet the fulfillment of campaign promises such as tax reform, a tougher tack on crime and a more supple stance on the official 35-hour workweek. He has reacted to every tragic headline with the energy and compassion of a national psychotherapist. Never before under the Fifth Republic has a President personally taken and stood behind so many decisions in such little time. Even if Articles...
...While Craig's departure will likely move media coverage of the scandal from the front page to Page 10, it still leaves the Republicans facing a tougher challenge than ever the difficulty in regaining the high ground with their own base over the next 16 months...
...First, there's the civil war. For nearly half a century, the Burmese army battled an array of communist and ethnic-minority rebellions, growing bigger and tougher in the process and seizing power along the way. About 15 years ago, the government and most of the rebel groups agreed to a historic set of cease-fires. But these are just cease-fires, and the international community has done little or nothing to encourage efforts toward a just and sustainable peace. The civil war is at the center of Burma's problems; it's what has brutalized and impoverished the country...
...CHANGE? Tightened security along the U.S.-Mexico border has officials pursuing suspects in tougher terrain and more extreme desert heat. These uniforms match the new job description...