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...Scots (including Brown and Darling) and fewer women than their comparative proportions of the population, but in Jacqui Smith the U.K. now has its first female Home Secretary and, at 44, one of several youthful members of Team Gordon. Douglas Alexander, entrusted with International Development, and Ruth Kelly, now Transport Secretary, are both 39. James Purnell, the new Culture Secretary, and Ed Miliband, the Cabinet Office minister, are only...
...large difference. Her company, she said, worked with a reputable supplier in China whose workers are paid double the minimum wage and that complies with Chinese Labor Law. And the bags were shipped by sea, and carbon credits were purchased to offset the environmental impact of production and transport...
...about three miles away. The blast, which could be heard at least a mile away, was detonated by a suicide bomber. Investigators say the bomber was pretending to be a beggar, and tried to get on the bus to collect alms from the passengers, a common practice on public transport. When the police stopped him from mounting the steps, he detonated the bomb, which appears to have been packed with ball bearings. The force of the explosion was enough to peel the roof of the bus off and hurl it 10 meters [30 feet] away. General Ali Shah Paktiawaal, head...
Nevertheless, election night held an unpleasant surprise for Sarkozy: the stunning defeat of conservative heavyweight Alain Juppe, who as Environment, Transport, and Sustainable Energy Minister was number two in Sarkozy's pre-election government. Juppe's failure to win a legislative seat leaves his political future in grave doubt...
...series of measures that stiffen punishment for criminals and youth offenders in particular, while elsewhere tightening rules and requirements for immigrant applicants seeking to join the heads of families in France. Another issue Sarkozy has promised to tackle is the labor strikes that have entirely shut down public transport in the past...