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...Japan and South Korea to Thailand and the Philippines - were used to counting on an American big brother for everything from economic sustenance to military security. Now there's a new top dog in town: China. Last year, Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada proclaimed that this "will be the age of Asia and in that context it is important for Japan to have its own stance, to play its own role in the region" - a role separate from that of the U.S. It's no coincidence that such a sentiment was expressed precisely as China had overtaken...
...This area is going down the khazi!" The speaker's use of the archaic Britishism identifies him as an Englishman of a certain age. Having been winged by a beer can during a fight among schoolkids in a Barking McDonald's, he's shocked and furious. "I want law and order," he tells Liberal Democrat Carman, who happens to be canvassing voters in the street outside. "That's why the BNP is the only choice." (Read: "Why Angry British Voters Are Tuning In to Bigots...
...Therese Franzén, an Atlanta lawyer and chair of the American Bar Association's consumer-financial-services committee. The hope, of course, is that your business will thrive and you'll pay down the loan just as you would a mortgage.(See how to plan for retirement at any age...
Then Dakota Fanning gets ahold of the film, steals it from Stewart and seduces us utterly. Fanning plays Cherie Currie, recruited at age 15 by Svengali Kim Fowley (a witty Michael Shannon) to sing and provide what he calls "jailbait sex appeal." The movie was based on Currie's memoir, Neon Angel, so we get a much fuller picture of her home life than that of anyone else in the band, even Jett. Currie has an alcoholic father (Brett Cullen), a foolish mother (Tatum O'Neal) and a sister, Marie (Riley Keough), who in real life is an identical twin...
...stones at nearby Israelis and tourists. The city's police, invariably, have been caught in the middle, trying to prevent flare-ups and casualties that could spark new rounds of violence. To do so, the police block access to prayers at the Muslim holy sites for men under the age of 50, which further inflames Palestinian passions, as does the heavy police presence required to keep order. It's a vicious cycle, says Jerusalem Police Chief Aharon Franco. "No one knows if there is going to be another intifada, but if there is, it will start in Jerusalem." Just like...