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...makes them look better on the domestic front, they will seize it." In the past, Germany and France only needed each other to look good. Monetary union and the euro itself are parade examples of big changes they led. But with enlargement, "they have lost this precious status," says Christoph Bertram, director of the Institute for International Politics and Security in Berlin. "The rest of the European Union no longer automatically regards their decisions as in the interest of Europe." When they couldn't pull all of Europe into the antiwar camp last year, Chirac grew annoyed and said those...
Down one game in the doubles point, Harvard senior Mark Riddell and sophomore Brandon Chiu—playing at No. 2—knotted doubles at one game apiece after defeating Washington’s Christoph Palmanshofer and Peter Scharler, 8-6. Harvard co-captain David Lingman and junior Jonathan Chu, ranked No. 32 in the country, took on highly-rated Husky pair No. 11 Alex Slovic and Alex Vlaski with the final doubles match—and the first point—on the line...
...charges in February - and is the only person worldwide to be convicted in relation to 9/11 - filed a motion for his immediate release. Mzoudi's trial continues this week. Right Minister SWITZERLAND The balance of power in the government shifted to the right with the election by parliament of Christoph Blocher, leader of the nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP), to the Cabinet. Under the 44-year-old so-called magic formula, the four main political parties share seven Cabinet seats. The SVP, campaigning on an anti-immigration, anti-E.U. platform, emerged as the biggest parliamentary party in October...
...entire world is experiencing a Pope who is sick, who is disabled and who is dying." CHRISTOPH CARDINAL SCHOENBORN, Archbishop of Vienna, on the declining health of Pope John Paul...
...Started in 1971 and led by Christoph Blocher, 63, the head of Swiss chemicals company EMS-Chemie Holding AG, the SVP has always been staunchly opposed to opening Switzerland's borders to asylum seekers and immigrants. Pre-election opinion polls indicate that this issue preoccupies a large number of Swiss, many of whom also believe that closer European integration will open up the country to more foreigners. The SVP is making the most of the electoral opportunity. "More and more people believe that we can make a positive difference in their lives," says Aliki Panayides, the SVP's deputy secretary...