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From AP News Agency: In light of the Madrid bombings, France has raised its terror alert level from "run" to "hide". The only two higher levels in France are "surrender" and "collaborate".

The Spanish dishonoured their dead By Mark Steyn (Filed: 16/03/2004) "When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, naturally they will like the strong horse." So said Osama bin Laden in his final video appearance two-and-a-half years ago. But even the late Osama might have been surprised to see the Spanish people, invited to choose between a strong horse and a weak horse, opt to make their general election an exercise in mass self-gelding. To be sure, there are all kinds of John Kerry-esque footnoted nuances to Sunday's stark numbers. One sympathises with those electors reported to be...

It was a night of triumph for British film. Well, okay, it wasn’t. “UK Overlooked By Oscar Voters” was the BBC headline. “Whatever Happened To The Brit Pack?” wondered The Scotsman. “Ring Of Failure,” declared a gloomy Birmingham Post, waking up to the bleak realization that the only Tolkien tourism boom was going to be the stampede to New Zealand to see the actual Shire where the great Kiwi author wrote his famous fantasy. So it was a crummy night for British film. But it was a great night for British Commonwealth film – New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, even...