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Labour Relations
As Thursday’s elections near, Britain’s Labour Party is expected to win enough seats in parliament to keep Prime Minister Tony Blair in power, but his support for the war in Iraq continues to be an issue in the campaign. Plus: Elizabeth Kolbert on her three-part series in The New Yorker magazine about global warming and the next installment in our New York 51 series: Vincent Gentile on life and politics in Bay Ridge.
Labour Relations
James Kirkup,
Political Correspondent, The Scotsman,
- on the upcoming British election
» The Scotsman
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Todd Richissin,
London correspondent for The Baltimore Sun,
- on how Tony Blair's support for the war in Iraq is playing in the U.K. elections
» Baltimore Sun
Mama?
Sam Freedman, author, Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life (Simon & Schuster, 2005)
- on discovering who his mother was after her death
You're Getting Warmer...
Elizabeth Kolbert, Staff Writer for the New Yorker
- on the science behind Global Warming
» Q&A With Elizabeth Kolbert on NewYorker.com
New York 51: District 43
Vincent J. Gentile,
City Council Member (D-43) representing Bay Ridge and parts of Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Boro Park,
- on life and politics in his Brooklyn district
» District 43 background information on GothamGazette.com
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