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...Before Norway became one of the world's wealthiest nations on the strength of its North Sea oil reserves, it was a tough and hardy place, with a population relying on cured and salted foods in order to survive the long winters. Indeed, food preservation defined the national cooking style, and Valle was brought aboard by Pingvinen's owners to resurrect some of the techniques learned from her childhood on a local farm. With its exposed brick walls and vintage furnishings, Pingvinen is an appropriately domestic setting for Valle's homemade classics. Think hearty, comforting dishes like salted-lamb stew...
...Arab Summit in Riyadh today leaving behind angry Palestinian comrades in his wake. Abbas wimped out on them, they say. Before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived last Saturday in the Middle East, Abbas was coached by Fatah's governing Central Committee on how to talk tough with the Americans - not a specialty for Abbas, who is convivial but evasive...
Immigration may be the hot topic in France's presidential campaign, but who'd have thought it would spark such a fury in the quiet, pastoral Breton town of Montfort-sur-Meu? But unlike the tough, often vaguely xenophobic, immigration positions of some of the presidential candidates, the good people of Montfort are demanding the return and regularization of 23 illegal Malians arrested for deportation when they turned up for work last month...
...Despite the national attention and support generated by the campaign on behalf of the Malians, the authorities are unmoved. Conservative presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy continues to hammer his get-tough immigration message, even provoked protest among his own supporters when he promised to create a "ministry of immigration and national identity." In his current role as Interior Minister, meanwhile, Sarkozy insists the law must be upheld, although he offers that the Montfort Malians will be given preferential treatment if they return to Mali and apply for residence visas. No dice, say their supporters...
...Andrew Gould, the chairman and CEO of oil services firm Schlumberger Limited, addressed a packed Yenching auditorium yesterday during a panel on “The Future of Energy,” he faced some tough questions from members of the Harvard Divestment Action Group (HDAG) regarding the company’s alleged connections to the ongoing genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region. [CORRECTION APPENDED...