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...rupee rose this week amid signs that the International Monetary Fund might step in to rescue this frontline state in the war on terror. The IMF confirmed Wednesday that it would soon enter discussions with Pakistan over ways to assist its economy. But help from the international community will almost surely be conditional on a more robust effort against the militants - an option that raises political problems for Zardari - and also on economic reforms that might prove unpopular. There are clear and challenging downsides to any of the choices available to Pakistan's leadership right now. And playing for time...
...anime character, her new video for “Womanizer” features the only thing left: the Ugly One. Yes, Britney as “office girl” is actually so ugly in a black bob wig, librarian glasses, and bright red lipstick that you can almost hear her saying, “These shoes rule.” Dear Lord, she’s run through so many sexual types that she now must resort to making ugliness itself into a fetish. Oh, and to remind us that she’s actually the hottest minx...
...Hatter’s top hat and those digital stunna shades, he has truly been on some other stuff. The second video for his new album, “Chopped N Skrewed,” is “The Jimi Hendrix Experience” gone circus-digital almost like—hmm...well, the first video off the album, except replace Lil’ Wayne with Ludacris. With one touch of a magic button on the shades, we are transported to a techno-psychedelic dream world where, as usual, T-Pain is hanging at the bar and the strip...
...then, should anyone pay 10 dollars to see a pedestrian rehashing of what has been abundantly evident since Bush took office almost eight years ago? “W.” provides no compelling answer. Save the money and watch the real news instead. Anything going on in the current presidential election is vastly more gripping than “W.,” and unlike the movie, the end result will prove anything but conventional...
...from a number of fishing villages along the Puntland coast, where they currently hold at least 12 vessels, and more than 200 of their crew members, awaiting ransom payments. The best known of these is the Ukrainian freighter MV Faina, and its cargo of tanks and other weapons, hijacked almost a month ago, although some 73 vessels have been captured this year netting the pirates as much as $30 million in ransom payments...