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...great city consists of not just bricks and mortar but green lungs and vibrant culture. The expatriates who staff the investment banks and hedge funds in Hong Kong are tempted not just by money but by quality of life. That's why clean, green Singapore is such a constant threat to Hong Kong...
...French élite has been giving Bayrou that once-over for years, and never discerned much of a threat. They do now. Bayrou, 55, has jacked up his unlikely campaign for the French presidency into a real threat to the candidates who had until now been established front runners, conservative Nicolas Sarkozy of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and Socialist Ségolène Royal. A recent poll put Bayrou and Royal in a dead heat for second place. If his rising trend continues, he could beat her in the first round of the elections on April...
...from Sarkozy's attempts to make capital out of tensions over immigration. The pugnacious politician recently called for a new "ministry of immigration and national identity." "You can't make national identity a political subject," says Bayrou. "It's very dangerous to suggest that the national identity is under threat." At the rally in Evreux, Bayrou wins cheers when he declares that the best approach to immigration would be a stronger development policy for Africa and "introducing morality into international trade." This strikes a chord with social worker Christine Levasseur, who once voted for the left but is disenchanted with...
...famous lines are here: "Go tell the Spartans"; "Come and get us"; and the Spartan soldier's deflection of the Persian threat, "Our arrows will blot out the sun" - he says, "Then we will fight in the shade." Herodotus: damned fine screenwriter...
...spokesman for the ISF, Squadron Leader Ivan Benitez, said, "Five armed East Timorese men were killed during the Same operation when they posed an immediate threat to ISF soldiers." He refused to provide any details about the mission or the circumstances of the deaths, or to comment on Galucho's allegation about civilian deaths. In addition to the current ISF investigation into the incident, a United Nations Police investigation is to begin within days...