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Analysts cannot get a complete picture of Black Friday's success until companies report fourth-quarter earnings early next year. But they closely monitored retailers on Black Friday weekend for shopper traffic and sales action. "The crowds were more significant than last year and they were moving products faster than last year," Lasser says...
...this is where Washington and Islamabad's interests collide. The U.S. has warned Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that it expects Pakistani security forces to take action against the Afghan Taliban as well as the Haqqani network and Hizb-e-Islami, but Pakistan is loath to act against militants on its territory who confine their operations to Afghanistan, focusing instead on those extremists who directly challenge the Pakistani state. An unpopular and politically beleaguered Zardari is in no position to help Obama...
...These are the three core elements of our strategy: a military effort to create the conditions for a transition, a civilian surge that reinforces positive action and an effective partnership with Pakistan...
...another Vietnam. They argue that it cannot be stabilized and we are better off cutting our losses and rapidly withdrawing. Yet this argument depends upon a false reading of history. Unlike Vietnam, we are joined by a broad coalition of 43 nations that recognizes the legitimacy of our action. Unlike Vietnam, we are not facing a broad-based popular insurgency. And most importantly, unlike Vietnam, the American people were viciously attacked from Afghanistan and remain a target for those same extremists who are plotting along its border. To abandon this area now - and to rely only on efforts against...
...remains to be seen how the Spanish public will take to the idea of removing the miniature action figures from their kids' Happy Meals. Ana's parents say they aren't worried about their daughter's weight. "We eat well at home, and an occasional treat isn't going to hurt her," says her mother Tonia. In fact, they had also eaten lunch at McDonald's the previous day. "She really loved the toy saber," Marco says...