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...anti-immigration party's gains came in Switzerland's French- and Italian-speaking cantons and at the expense of center-right parties. Coughing Up for Iraq SPAIN Having pledged $20 billion toward reconstruction in Iraq, the U.S. had hoped that other countries at a donors' conference in Madrid would stump up another $36 billion. So far, at least $13 billion in cash grants and loans has been promised. The reconstruction bill has been estimated at nearly $56 billion through 2007. Road Map to Nowhere GAZA In yet another blow to the stalled Middle East road map to peace, Israeli forces...
...under U.S. command and expanded the U.N.'s political role. Although the resolution was largely symbolic - many ambassadors said they voted for it only to maintain Council unity - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was now more optimistic about pledges at this week's donor conference in Madrid. But France, Germany and Russia said they'd give no more. MEANWHILE IN FIJI ... Belated Apology Hoping to lift a suspected curse, inhabitants of the remote mountain village of Navatusila have promised to apologize to descendants of a British Christian missionary whom their forefathers ate 136 years ago. According...
...Council resolution may be financial. The IMF and World Bank have calculated that Iraq's reconstruction over the next four years will require $55 billion in aid, and the Bush administration - having earmarked $20 billion of its latest $87 billion Iraq budget for reconstruction - has been looking to the Madrid donor conference scheduled to begin on October 23 for substantial pledges of support. So far, however, the picture looks mixed: Japan has pledged $5 billion and Britain almost $1 billion, but Canada and the EU, between them, are good for only half a billion. The administration is hoping that...
...such as the fact that Blossom & Browne's Sycamore Laundry in London uses "softened water to protect your Pradas." But not all the attractions have five-star ratings. Flea markets happily coexist with big-name boutiques in the shop listings, and the reviews of the usual destinations?Paris, Rome, Madrid?are joined by shorter takes on more unusual ones like Malm? ("an unpretentious haven") and Krakow ("filled with joie de vivre...
...such as the fact that Blossom & Browne's Sycamore Laundry in London uses "softened water to protect your Pradas." But not all the attractions have five-star ratings. Flea markets happily coexist with big-name boutiques in the shop listings, and the reviews of the usual destinations - Paris, Rome, Madrid - are joined by shorter takes on more unusual ones like Malmö ("an unpretentious haven") and Krakow ("filled with joie de vivre"). If your itinerary will only take you to the capitals of culture, try the STYLE CITY books from Thames and Hudson ($24 each), which supply the scoop...