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...into doubt. are you politicians crazy? ran a headline in Bild, a conservative tabloid. "Jobs at long last," joked the Tageszeitung, a left-wing daily, noting the new vacancies at the top. But these high-profile departures may not be all bad news. Müntefering's replacement is Brandenburg governor Matthias Platzeck, who's reputed to have a more pragmatic, less authoritarian style than his predecessor. That could prove useful in the delicate task of persuading the spd's left wing, led by a vigorous younger generation, to work in tandem with the Christian Democratic right. "This will commit...
...Bono and Co. They are global, deeply media savvy and well connected. And they are audacious enough to dream up big schemes - like the plan to promote their trademark white wristband on a vast scale in the days before the G-8 by wrapping enormous white bands around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Rome's Colosseum, St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Trocadéro buildings in Paris. They've figured out how to connect with people - and changed the political weather in many countries. How can that be applied to the slog of regular politics, with budgets...
...ceremonies, while President Jacques Chirac will honor Allied war veterans in Paris on May 8. In London, pop stars and celebrities will perform in a concert for 15,000 people in Trafalgar Square. Berlin will host the "Day for Democracy" celebration, a series of speeches and concerts, around the Brandenburg Gate. In Russia, the victory over fascism was the high-water mark of Soviet achievement. But that triumph came at the loss of well over 20 million lives, largely because Stalin's purges had destroyed the Red Army's officer class before the war started. Until June 1941, Germany...
...don’t believe there’s any such risk at any particle accelerator,” George W. Brandenburg, director of Harvard’s High Energy Physics Lab, wrote in an e-mail...
...don’t believe there’s any such risk at any particle accelerator,” George W. Brandenburg, director of Harvard’s High Energy Physics Lab, wrote in an e-mail...