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...were killed in street fighting as police special forces swept into Gonaives, Haiti 's fourth-largest city, in an effort to wrest control from rebels who seized it Thursday. An armed opposition group staged a jailbreak - in which at least 10 people died - as violent protests against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide continued. MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... As the Crow Doesn't Fly Animal behaviorists at Oxford University have discovered that homing pigeons' navigational techniques are a lot like humans'. Using satellite tracking devices, the scientists found that, rather than relying on their inner solar compass, the birds prefer to follow...
...series, including the lifting of a ban on the TV show Sex and the City, designed to play down the country's reputation as a nanny state. Targeting Aristide HAITI Three people died and more than 20 were injured in violent clashes between opponents and supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Opposition leaders, who accuse Aristide of corruption, called a two-day general strike, which shut down many businesses in Port-au-Prince. MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... Ye Cannae Dae That To many, the Scottish lilt is charming and even rather attractive (think Sean Connery). But not, it seems...
...capital is still largely drawn along the imperial lines laid down by Parisian prefect Georges-Eugène Haussmann, who had very clear ideas of just what a Parisian building ought to look like. Now that classic picture is being challenged by Haussmann's 21st century successor, Socialist Mayor Bertrand Delanoë. He believes that Paris, one of the most densely populated major cities in Europe, just might need skyscrapers. In recent months he has deliberately kindled a debate about lifting rules in place since the 1970s that limit the height of new buildings to 37 m - and as little...
...BERTRAND DELANOE, mayor of Paris
...them, they fell into a café welfare system. The Auvergnats of Paris take care of their own. The boys learned their métier at cafés around town and impressed their elders with their shrewdness and industry. Among the impressed was Michel Vidalenc, whose employer, Groupe Bertrand, is one of a few family firms that dominates beverage distribution in France. (Bertrand is now a subsidiary of Dutch brewer Heineken.) These brasseurs - many of whom just happen to come from the Auvergne - serve as informal bankers to the café trade. They sniff out Auvergnats most likely...