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...Iraq to bolster its case for war, announced that he would publish his findings on Jan. 28. The timing of Lord Hutton's report, coming the day after a crucial parliamentary vote on university tuition fees, leaves Prime Minister Tony Blair facing the toughest 48 hours of his premiership. Soul Searching THE NETHERLANDS The fatal shooting of a school teacher by a student in a high school canteen in The Hague - the country's first such incident - provoked shock, outrage and a public debate on violence and security in schools. The suspected killer, a 17-year-old boy, fled...
...jail, charged with embezzlement and tax evasion in what many call a politically motivated attack by President Vladimir Putin (Khodorkovsky denies the charges). And Abramovich, 37, can often be found at London's 42,000-seat Stamford Bridge stadium, watching his Chelsea Football Club play in the Premiership. Abramovich has inherited the crown of Russia's wealthiest man - but he seems to be making a move West. While the flamboyant Khodorkovsky was protesting the state's growing authoritarianism, high-handedness and corruption, and lavishly funding opposition parties - leading many to suspect he had presidential ambitions - the taciturn Abramovich took...
...Italian audience. It didn't hurt that he controlled three television stations, a daily newspaper and several weekly magazines that were covering the election. But media savvy didn't help him in office, and he was written off the following year when his first shot at the premiership ended after only seven months, when his coalition unraveled following a judicial probe into his business dealings. Then Berlusconi made his stunning comeback - and, in the process, gave a thorough makeover to an Italian political system once run by faceless leaders and cautious backroom pols...
...appoint his old flatmate to be Minister of Constitutional Affairs - he remains the most consistently popular Prime Minister since the 1960s. But at the risk of offering one of those gloomy prognoses he is so good at confounding, I would argue that Blair has reached the apogee of his premiership. He isn't out of fuel, but he is beginning his descent, heading toward a legacy substantially less than might be expected from an energetic, skilled leader with a huge parliamentary majority. The big forces constraining Blair's future are evident in the minicrises that have recently dogged him. After...
...look for cost-effective ways to keep their pitches playable through the European winter. In the '80s, some clubs tried plastic pitches, but abandoned the idea because of the rock-hard surface and the sky-high bounce of the ball. However, things could turn again. Early this month, English Premiership clubs Chelsea and Charlton Athletic played a match on a pitch that was so heavily sanded that commentators referred to the game as "beach football." The incident fueled speculation that in England at least, faux pitches would become commonplace. For its part, the English Football Association Premier League - which currently...