European News from World Press ReviewWorld News ReviewIs Sarko Hypocritical- January 27, 2008 In the past, French politicians had private lives that were just as riveting as Sarkozy's. Only they kept their private affairs away from tabloid news and public scrutiny.http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/3053.cfm A Few Things Are Illuminated: A Wild and Crazy Roots Trip to the Old Country- January 22, 2008 In researching my family history, I embarked on a captivating and often profoundly spiritual journey that led from the New York Municipal Archives to the former Soviet Union.http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/3049.cfm Kosovo: Quo Vadis- January 21, 2008 Despite heavy lobbying from Berlin, European Union states with their own secessionist movements fear that an endorsement of Kosovo's independence might trigger the Balkanization of their own countries.http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/3048.cfm Al Qaeda: A Global Phenomenon Reaching Maturity- January 17, 2008 When Al Qaeda was first formed, it consisted of a score or so of people; in less than 15 years it has became a global loose network from which an unknown number of sub-networks have emerged.http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/3044.cfm |