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...presidential election campaign kicks off. "Of course you'll elect me," the Batska declared earlier this month. "What else can you do?" Western nations have criticized Lukashenko's regime, but have done little else. Last April, while attending a nato meeting in Lithuania, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Belarus "the last remaining true dictatorship in the heart of Europe," and said "it is time for change to come." Lukashenko and other officials have been barred from traveling to the U.S. and Europe, and last month, the European Union threatened Belarus with sanctions for suppressing freedom of speech. Still...
When she scheduled this week's trip to Europe, Condoleezza Rice no doubt expected another round of the transatlantic bonhomie she has come to enjoy as U.S. Secretary of State, as the sharp antipathies of the Iraq war have dissipated. Instead, Rice will find European publics and politicians full of fresh anger about how the U.S. is conducting the war on terror: not just old complaints about Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, but new ones about cia "black sites" in Europe that allegedly house secret prisoners, and an active program of shuttling captured terrorist suspects around using European airports...
...Kerry. Their traditional allegiance to the Democrats is the only thing keeping the donkey from falling on its ass.Hillary’s appeal to such a constituency as a “female/feminist” candidate is such that, according to Morris, only the selection of Condoleezza Rice for the Republican nomination can combat “the Hillary juggernaut” in 2008.Rice’s candidacy, Morris contends, would divide the African-American and female vote, transferring critical support to the Republican Party and resulting in another win in 2008. The independence and social moderation...
...your own future. ?Can you imagine the potential of a mud-and-bamboo IT center?? he exclaims as he whirls around the packed-dirt floor of his new media office, jabbing fingers at bamboo-reinforced mud walls, woven grass ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking emerald rice paddies. ?This entire building comes to less than the cost of our air-conditioning unit.? This, his latest project, comes out of a desire not just to showcase his products but also to promote his vision for sustainable construction. ?Anyone who sees how beautiful this is will...
...future?or at least the Hardy vision of a sustainable, luxurious future. The entire structure is built of recycled hardwoods, including old ironwood telephone poles. It appears to float above an organic garden, and the ground floor has no walls, allowing for an unobstructed view over endless rice paddies...