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Forget the magnificent red wine. Visitors to the Abbaye du Val des Choues, a 12th century Cistercian monastery in Burgundy, may come away with a real souvenir?"les honneurs," the foot of a wild boar. But only if they catch the beast first. Since 1999 In?s Monot, co-owner of Val des Choues, has been opening her home and her hunt in the lush forests to adventurous Europeans. With a ban on fox hunting looming in England and Wales she is seeing a growing number of visitors from across the channel. So far this season (which runs from mid-October...
Forget the magnificent red wine. Visitors to the Abbaye du Val des Choues, a 12th century Cistercian monastery in Burgundy, may come away with a real souvenir - "les honneurs," the foot of a wild boar. But only if they catch the beast first. Since 1999 Inès Monot, co-owner of Val des Choues, has been opening her home and her hunt in the lush forests to adventurous Europeans. With a ban on fox hunting looming Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter...
...That level of easing does not pose a threat to the global recovery, says Val Koromzay, an economist with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. The worst-case scenario, he says, is the simultaneous occurrence of higher oil prices, higher U.S. interest rates, lagging growth in Europe-plus a hard landing in China. "If you put all of these things together, that would be a cocktail that could be hard to absorb," he says, quickly adding that he sees it as a "low-probability event." But by itself, China "is not No. 1 on the list...
...country with 68.6 million people, more than any European country except Germany - meaning Turkey would have real clout in population-based E.U. votes. That has stirred unease among Europeans worried that the country's admission will dilute the Union's common (read: Christian) values. In 2002 former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing declared that admitting Turkey meant "the end of the European Union." Nevertheless, a report on Turkey's progress in meeting E.U. membership criteria could be drafted as early as next month, and Turkey is in the final stages of reforms aimed at bringing the country...
After the President’s daughter is kidnapped from Lowell House, shadowy super Secret Agent Scott (Val Kilmer) is assigned to track her down using whatever means necessary, in writer-director David Mamet’s newest film. Although the dialogue often bounces with Mamet’s rat-a-tat flair, this movie’s deep flaws destroy the elegantly crafted political thriller that might have been. Cheap budgets, mind-numbing incoherence and nonsensical plotting overshadow the few genuine surprises and admirable political idealism to leave only a square-jawed action movie for pseudo-intellectuals that never...