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...French President Jacques Chirac to do what he was elected for. As Duhamel wrote, "Chirac has failed to tackle France's two most pressing social problems: unemployment and the integration of immigrant populations." Duhamel and other French intellectuals must now accept that all the French psychobabble about victimized youth did not explain the riots in the banlieues. What is really sad is the number of burned cars and shops it has taken to open the eyes of France's so-called intelligentsia. Nicolas Thébault Versailles, France The riots that exploded in the French suburbs are another proof...
...tsunami brought good too. Aid flooded a poor area, the waves broke down divisions built by religion and a 22-year civil war, and disaster brought people closer to their gods. "The church is packed," he says, beaming, "and I'm building a new one to the south. The youth are with me. To feel closer to the sacrament, people have been leaving personal things--glasses, handkerchiefs--on the altar." Father Ranjeevan is unimpressed by the notion that that might have more to do with him than with his god. He tells the story of how, on the evening after...
...said, “Fourteen years in city government is a long time...I’m keeping my options open.” Following the celebration, councillors considered a plan to purchase the Mount Auburn post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and expand it into a youth and community center. In a letter to the Council, City Manager Robert W. Healy estimated that the VFW post, at 688 Huron Ave. just south of Fresh Pond, would cost nearly $3 million to purchase. Councillors unanimously approved the proposal, which means that renovations to the building will begin...
...Procrastination aside, facebook is an amazing network for communication. And one can post pictures of one’s youth,” Gross writes in an e-mail...
...Benedict's public appeal comes from a manner that is always composed. His voice has a singsong cadence and his smile lights up his aging face. He doesn't mince words. "True revolution can only come from God," he told the youth gathering in Cologne. The new Pope has managed to fill John Paul's shoes without trying to match his oversized magnetism, and in so doing has revealed a side of his character that perhaps he didn't even know he had. Angelo Cardinal Scola of Venice, who has known Ratzinger since 1971, says the papacy has brought...