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...would like to congratulate him on taking over full leadership in China. Of course, we hope that the new leadership would make new contributions to democracy in China, to peace across the Taiwan Strait and to regional stability. We understand that the Chinese Communist Party and its basic policy toward Taiwan will not undergo any changes in the short term, and we dare not have unrealistic expectations. We do hope, however, that Hu Jintao will come up with new thinking and new actions...
...Since 2002, Cashell and his Mongolian wife, Tsendsuren, have been providing basic creature comforts for intrepid visitors to Mongolia's capital, Ulan Bator. At their guesthouse, tel: (976) 9909 1899, backpackers pay $5-$15 for one of 50 beds per night. Travelers are usually delighted to trade sleeping mats for queen-size beds and mare's milk for Cashell's signature turkey melts, which he serves up at the hostel's UB Deli. He has a library of DVDs, too, for those who eventually get bored of gazing at the forested Haert Khaan mountain range...
...walnut cake, flapjacks, ginger biscuits, vanilla fudge, mango chutney, apple sauce, thick-cut marmalade and piccalilli (it's a mustard pickle) worldwide. www.cottagedelight.co.uk Upmarket emporium Fortnum & Mason of London 's Piccadilly will ship shortbread, Gentleman's Relish (posh anchovy paste) and some hampers worldwide. www.fortnumandmason.com Brits abroad miss basic corner-shop fare. Expat Shopping delivers worldwide those delicacies they can't live without: English mustard, Marmite, baked beans, mint jelly, brown sauce and well-loved biscuits and snacks like Jammie Dodgers, Wagon Wheels and Twiglets. www.expatshopping.com
...canvassers ask two basic questions of residents: Have they already voted? Do they need a ride to the polls...
Just as Kerry would be likely to adopt the basic principles of Bush's military strategy against al-Qaeda, a re-elected Bush might have little choice but to embrace many of his opponent's prescriptions for Iraq. Bush and his advisers routinely dismiss Kerry's calls to internationalize the occupation, but the U.S.'s failure to pacify Iraq has forced the White House to seek help it rejected last April. It enlisted the U.N. to select an interim government and oversee January's national elections and secured NATO's participation in training Iraqi security forces...