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"Green Day-loving CNN WH reporter Ed Henry caught up with Dave Chappelle this morning, at the WH. 'I asked what he was doing in Washington. 'I’m just taking a stroll from Georgetown to the Hill,' he said, reminding me that he hails from Washington, his time in the city being one of the funnier riffs on his show." (Politico)
"ITALIAN designer Marco Zanini - the head designer of womenswear, ready-to-wear and haute couture at Versace - has been named as the creative director who will oversee the resurrection of classic US label Halston, which was bought by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein last year. Zanini will relocate from Milan to New York for the position and will work closely with Tamara Mellon, who is on Halston's board, and Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe - who is on the creative advisory team - to reinterpret Halston's Studio-54 glamour for the 21st century." (DailyVogue)
"Just as both western and domestic support for his absolute rule waned, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf pulled off a political coup by sending his military into Islamabad’s Red Mosque to crack down on Taliban-linked militias. Mosque leader Maulana Abdul Aziz was arrested yesterday as he attempted to escape, following a raging shootout that left twelve dead. Aziz’s brother Ghazi Abdul Rashid, currently in control of the mosque, has offered to surrender to authorities. The militants’ apparent capitulation marks a huge victory for Musharraf, who had been weakened by domestic tensions and a perception that he could not eradicate fundamentalists. The siege of the rebel mosque clearly burnishes Musharraf’s anti-terrorist credentials and once more sets him on solid footing in Washington. Less obvious but no less important is the positive impact of the raid on Musharraf’s image at home. While the siege was neither decisive nor timely - Musharraf had withheld the attack for weeks for fear of an Islamist backlash - it proved his authority to a skeptical public and genuinely helped many Islamabad residents." (HarvardInternationalReview)
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