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...similar ideas, got 42%. (Since the election, support has climbed further to 60%.) In a recent survey, moreover, 42% of Poles identified themselves as being on the right in terms of their economic outlook, as against just 22% on the left. Even some rural areas in northern and western Poland that have traditionally backed the left or the populist right voted for Tusk this time, in the hope that a stronger economy would help improve their lot. Says veteran pollster Krzysztof Zagorski, "People expected Tusk to win, but not by this margin...
...place better exemplifies Poland A - Tusk's Poland - than the western university town of Wroclaw, which voted overwhelmingly for him. Poland's fourth largest city, situated on the Oder River close to the German border, was neglected under communism, its Gothic architecture blackened by coal dust and its shop shelves bare. Nowadays, the elegant old market square in the city center, once the site of a few scruffy museums, is lined with designer shops, sushi bars and restaurants. Companies from LG Philips (LCD screens) to Google (service support) have poured $5 billion into the local economy in the past five...
...front of a mirror?JTF: I have worked on Shakespeare before, but this is my first full production. I have done other plays that demanded a similar kind of style and poetic language, such as “The Rivals” and “Playboy of the Western World.” This production of Julius Caesar was rigorous and keenly focused on mastering the text. So even though the director’s vision for the play was unconventional, he put us through our paces in a conventional way; for the first two weeks...
...coalition government, claiming that the Kenyan leader and his allies had no intention of honoring a power-sharing agreement that ended more than a month of bloodshed after disputed December elections. As news of Tuesday's decision spread, protests broke out in the Nairobi slum of Kibera and the western city of Kisumu, both strongholds of opposition leader Raila Odinga. Demonstrators who had chanted "No Raila, no peace" last December this time shouted "No cabinet, no peace...
...When Annan got the two leaders to sign up to real power-sharing, he meant real [sharing]. The international community is still focused on Kenya," said a senior Western diplomat, who insisted on anonymity. "Its stability and prosperity matters to the region. We won't ignore those who put this at risk...