The Consequences of Kosovo- February 19, 2008 As not everybody now remembers, the wars of Yugoslavia began not in Bosnia, not in Croatia, but in Kosovo. The chain of events that led to the Srebrenica massacre and the bombing of Belgrade started there, in the late 1980s, when Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic launched a series of repressive measures against this mostly Albanian, semi-independent, "autonomous province" within Serbia. These culminated in 1990, when Milosevic ended the semi-independence, revoked Kosovo's autonomy, installed a..http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/18/AR2008021801545.html?nav=r... A Craven Canterbury Tale- February 12, 2008 Is this a storm in a teacup, as the archbishop now claims Was the "feeding frenzy" biased and unfair Certainly it is true that, since Thursday, when Rowan Williams -- the archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Church of England, symbolic leader of the international Anglican Communion -- called for "constructive accommodation" with some aspects of sharia law, and declared the incorporation of Muslim religious law into the British legal system "unavoidable," practically no insult has...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/11/AR2008021102270.html?nav=r... Love Gained, Love Lost- February 5, 2008 Enfin, the rumors confirmed! Last weekend, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France married his singer-supermodel sweetheart, Carla Bruni, in a 20-minute civil ceremony at the Elysees Palace, the French White House. A city official performed the service. The bridal party consisted of family members plus one or two fashionable friends. Apparently the bride wore white.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402424.html?nav=r... |