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Both cartoons depict President Bush standing beside a donkey, a symbol of the Democratic Party. In Handelsman's cartoon, the donkey sports a shirt that has an arrow with the word "NOT" pointing in Bush's direction...
...Iranians that such radicalism carries high costs. The closure, suggests Atrianfar, may have been provoked by a recent caricature on the nuclear negotiations. He lays the cartoon on his desk, and points to the two figures it shows on a chess board. One is a horse, the other a donkey bathed in a halo of light. The donkey could be taken to represent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has in the past reported feeling surrounded by halos...
...strong leader to defend Israel," she says. But Israel's adversaries believe its leaders still haven't got the central point. The Lebanon war, says a Palestinian minister who prefers not to be identified, exposes "Israel's incapacity to absorb the fact that Arabs are no longer just donkey riders." He adds, "Arabs are changing, but Israelis aren't," meaning that Israel must recognize Arabs as equals and seek political solutions rather than military ones...
...Today, the Stevenson Trail - also known as GR-70 (Grande Randonnée, or long hiking trail) - is one of France's best-known donkey and trekking paths. And with interest surging in family hiking, donkeys from the Alps to the Atlantic are once more in demand as porters and endearing travel mates, especially for kids. More than 200 donkey agents now specialize in hikes 'n' hires. The affectionate quadrupeds, says Régine Delhome Boudreau of France's national donkey trekking organizers' association (FNAR), "give rhythm and soul to your walking. They facilitate contact and conversation...
...rent by the day (roughly $50), by the week, opt for a guided group or hoof it on your own, overnighting in small hotels, campsites or even yurts along the way. You thought donkeys were stubborn and lazy? Not so, argues Christian Brochier, whose firm Gentiâne (nice donkey) keeps 35 animals-for-hire in the Cévennes. "They're dream companions, really sweet and good-natured," he says. "I've seen retired people down on their tummies swatting horseflies off their animals, they become so fond of them." They're not the only ones. When it came...