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ST. PETERSBURG, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian and British naval officers will mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in St. Petersburg Friday. A spokesman for the British Consulate General in St. Petersburg said events would start with a Trafalgar concert on October 19, with the Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base performing British classical music. A new Web site dedicated to the Battle of Trafalgar, designed by lecturers and students from the St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, will be presented. The events in Russia come against the backdrop of ceremonies...

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For Californians, this week will reveal more about their future as taxpaying citizens than at any time since voters recalled Gray Davis and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the week that the Governor gives his state of the state address and, while the details of his proposed budget won't be known until next week, he must tell us now if he intends to follow through on some of his most important campaign promises. The stark truth is, from a fiscal perspective, he has little choice but to turn the ship of state sharply starboard. To port is the rocky shore...

A sunny 'W' seizes the moment Bush intends to further consolidate power at the White House By Kenneth T. Walsh Suddenly, the West Wing is buzzing with a new sense of possibility. Reports on the assault in Fallujah (story, Page 16) have been cautiously positive. The president's first call to Harry Reid, the new Senate Democratic leader, raised hopes that he might get more cooperation from his congressional adversaries. And the death of Yasser Arafat may provide a "new opportunity" for Middle East peace, Bush said late last week in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), taking center stage at the Republican convention on Wednesday, said the November election was a "defining moment" when Americans would make a fundamental choice about the country's long-term security. Cheney said in published excerpts of his evening speech that President Bush (news - web sites)'s first term had amounted to "years of achievement" but there were vital differences between Bush and his Democratic challenger, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites). "Moments come along in history when leaders must make fundamental decisions about how to confront a...

The American way On the other side of the Atlantic, where juries are revered, UK lawyers’ squeamishness about serving is given short shrift, as everyone over there is expected to do their bit. “Juries are one of the hallmarks of a well-functioning democracy,” says Covington & Burling white collar crime partner Lanny Breuer, who is the lawyer who represented Bill Clinton in his impeachment proceedings. “A citizen can’t be imprisoned or have his or her liberty taken away simply by the act of an official such as a judge, and that’s why we put juries on such a pedestal.” In...

Blair warns of 'crucial moment' in dash for BaghdadTwo British soldiers missing in southern Iraq; Stray US missile kills five on Syrian bus; Iraqi TV shows downed US helicopter; Sandstorm halts troops AP 24 March 2003 Coalition forces are close to confronting a key unit of the Republican Guard in Iraq, Tony Blair said this afternoon. He told MPs that coalition forces are about 60 miles south of Baghdad near Karbala, adding: "It is a little way from there that they will encounter the Medina division of the Republican Guard who are defending the route to Baghdad. This will be...