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Many have wondered whether Wasserstein’s death will cause the magazine to be sold, but most speculation seems to have focused on his replacement as owner...
...Nobel Committee, after announcing that President Obama had won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. It is this question, not one’s opinion on Obama’s domestic policies or what he might do in the future, that is the salient issue when evaluating whether Obama should have won the prize. And in this regard, Obama is clearly the most deserving candidate...
During Nicolas Sarkozy's first major Elysée press conference in January 2008, left-leaning editor Laurent Joffrin boldly asked whether the unprecedented powers the French President had consolidated in his hands - Sarkozy had just passed constitutional reforms to expand the President's role - hadn't created a veritable "elected monarchy" within the republic's democratic framework. "Monarchy means hereditary. Do you think I am the illegitimate son of Jacques Chirac, who installed me to the throne?" Sarkozy mockingly retorted, referring to his bitter relationship with his predecessor. "A man as cultivated as you saying something so stupid...
...Schuman Foundation think tank. "No one can compel him to sign, but the E.U. could give him a reason to. This could be a stick, like threatening to deprive the Czech Republic of its commissioner, or a carrot of a prestigious commission post." But even that is no guarantee. Whether showered with threats or treats, Klaus may still prefer to be Europe's pariah...
...negotiations that were revived this week in the hope of resolving the Honduran coup crisis still haven't cracked the critical issue: whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya will be restored to office and allowed to finish the final three months of his term. The U.S., the Organization of American States (OAS) and every other nation in the world have condemned the June 28 military coup as antidemocratic - and they've warned the installed President, Roberto Micheletti, that they won't recognize the results of Honduras' long-planned Nov. 29 presidential election if Zelaya isn't reinstated beforehand...