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...will fall to Odierno to oversee the implementation of the new agreement and the gradual drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq as they hand over control to Iraqi security forces. "This struggle is theirs to win," Odierno said. But doubts remain as to whether they can. Odierno's No. 2, Lieut. General Lloyd Austin, said on Monday that he wasn't "sure that pushing [Iraqi security forces] forward is the right thing that we want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Petraeus' Farewell: What He Leaves Behind in Iraq | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson Reading, which was founded in 2006 by then-UC members Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and Jon T. Staff V ’10, BrunoBooks uses ISBNs (International Serial Book Numbers) to compare prices from online vendors with university bookstore prices. Under the terms of the agreement, no matter how much money Crimson Reading makes this semester, $3,000 will go to the charity that Crimson Reading has sponsored since its inception. After operating costs, 60 percent of any additional revenue will go to BrunoBooks, according to Jesse Maddox, one of the founders of BrunoBooks. Maddox said...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BrunoBooks To Take Over Crimson Reading | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

...company filed for bankruptcy protection after a court said it owed Pennzoil $10.5 billion in damages stemming from an earlier merger agreement. Texaco eventually paid Pennzoil $3 billion, emerged from bankruptcy after 361 days and later became part of Chevron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texaco Inc. | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

Defying expectations of a breakdown in talks, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai concluded a power-sharing agreement late Thursday night, raising hopes that the country may be moving to end its long political nightmare. "We have a deal," opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai told reporters as he emerged from a meeting with Mugabe and South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki, who has been mediating the talks. The news was certainly unexpected: Even late Thursday afternoon, Mugabe had been quoted as saying the two sides were far from agreeing on how to share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Breakthrough in Zimbabwe | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

...that Mbeki was on the verge of quitting his mediation role on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in frustration. "President Mbeki was fuming, threatening the Zimbabwean leaders that SADC will not be responsible if there is bloodshed in their country if they fail to reach an agreement," said the source. "He was literally angry at the two leaders." That may have done the trick, since the support of Zimbabwe's neighbors is crucial to both men: if the SADC were to turn its back on Zimbabwe, Mugabe would be unable to govern with any stability, and neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Breakthrough in Zimbabwe | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

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