Best Columns - Europe
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Russia: Why Georgia had it coming
feature “What was Mikheil Saakashvili thinking?” asked Leonid Radzikhovsky in the Moscow Rossiiskaya Gazeta. Of course Russia would intervene after Georgian forces attacked the pro-Russian province of South Osse
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Where nobody wants to park and ride
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United Kingdom: A brash Conservative to lead London
feature What a breath of fresh air for smoggy London, said Kwasi Kwarteng in The Guardian. Boris Johnson, an outspoken
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Smoking in public: Who else is ready to quit?
feature This should be interesting, said Sevim Song
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Why are the police so cozy with Scientology?
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Austria: The monster who kept his daughter in a dungeon
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Don’t tell the Belgians, but we’re invading
feature Is it time for the Netherlands to annex Belgium?
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Best columns: E.U.: Picking up the pieces after Ireland votes ‘no’
feature Will the leaders of the European Union accept Ireland's rejection of the Treay of Lisbon or will they come up with new proposals?
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France: Is Sarkozy’s love affair too distracting?
feature French President Nicolas Sarkozy sure knows how to get attention, said Daniel Psenny in France’s Le Monde. Three months after his divorce from Cecilia, his wife of 11 years, he is openly talking of marrying ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, whom he met just two
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Britain: A tussle with Russia over Shakespeare—and spies
feature The Russians are up in arms over a staid British cultural center that promotes Shakespeare, said Ben Macintyre in the London Times. The British Council is hardly a threatening institution. Founded in the 1930s to promote “British ideas about education, sc
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European Union: Should Tony Blair be president?
feature We could one day be calling Tony Blair by a new title
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Turkey: Is a head scarf a symbol of freedom—or oppression?
feature Is Turkey going Islamist? asked Qatar’s The Peninsula in an editorial. The Islamist-leaning government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that it plans to change the constitution to allow women to wear Muslim head scarves while attending
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The Diana inquest: Was it worth all the effort?
feature What a waste of time and money, said the London Daily Telegraph in an editorial. The inquest into the deaths of Diana, princess of Wales, and her companion, Dodi Fayed, took six months and cost British taxpayers upwards of $20 million. As for why the inqu
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Sorry, Hillary, but you’re not our hero
feature Hillary Clinton claims to have been instrumental in bringing peace to Northern Ireland. “I know. Don’t laugh,” said Lindy McDowell in the Belfast Telegraph. We’ve all been amazed at her sheer gall. Lord Trimble, who was leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
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