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...Russian newspapers. Today, no newspaper will take his pieces, but he sees some hopeful signs. "The network of liberal dissent in Russia is powerful," he says. "It is really beginning to realize how hopeless the existing regime is. It is also exhausting its own illusions, about Western help in particular...
...Both Anglican and Catholic officials noted a particular warm rapport between Benedict and Williams during a Thursday morning meeting and subsequent lunch at the papal apartment. The two leaders issued a joint statement acknowledging "serious obstacles" to closer communion between the Churches - a clear reference to the Anglican openness to gays and women in the clergy. Williams, who was accompanied by his wife and two children, timed his trip to mark the 40th anniversary of a historic meeting between Archbishop Michael Ramsey and Pope Paul VI. On that first formal encounter between the heads of the two Churches since England...
...Saudis, in particular, are alarmed at Iran's spreading influence in Lebanon. "There has been a serious increase in [Iranian and Syrian] activity in the rearming of HIzballah," says Nawaf Obaid, a Saudi security advisor who is managing director of the Riyadh-based Saudi National Security Assessment Project, a consulting group that advises the Saudi government. Obaid contends that "a huge stream of trucks" has been crossing the border from Syria into Lebanon, ferrying thinly disguised shipments of arms...
...roster of regular clients who include locals looking for a reasonably priced, high-quality bottle. Closer to Epernay is Beaumont des Crayères, www.champagne-beaumont.com, described by British wine writer Hugh Johnson as "a small outstanding cooperative." It has been on an export drive for more than a decade, particularly with its biggest-selling bottle, a nonvintage Grande Réserve Champagne, made of 60% Pinot Meunier. The Specialist Growers A young new generation of small growers is making a name for itself by challenging conventional wisdom about how to make Champagne. These vignerons reject the use of pesticides, borrow...
...Democratic rival due to misvotes alone—since those misvotes were more likely to be cast by Democratic-leaning demographics. In a close race, like the 2000 presidential election, that margin could have meant the difference between victory and defeat. Though the study was only based on this particular election, the results can be extrapolated to elections nationwide, said Erzo F. P. Luttmer, an assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School and one of the study’s co-authors. “Californian voters are no more or less likely to make mistakes. The technology...