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...thought I would be met with a tremendous amount more hostility than I was throughout the Middle East. I thought there would be a lot more people who across the board had anti-American sentiment. And it just wasn?t the case. There were people who were very upset about our country?s government and about the foreign policy of our country, which I would say to them, Well the people elect government. They would say, Yeah, but at the same time you don?t know what?s going to happen once people get into office. They were very astute...
...UNTAPPED OIL 4.3 billion Estimated amount of oil, in barrels, in North Dakota and Montana that could be retrieved using current technology, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The amount is 25 times bigger than the 1995 estimate 7.6 billion Amount of oil, in barrels, that the U.S. uses each year...
Berlusconi will enjoy a healthy majority in both houses of parliament. The Italian electorate punished the center-left for its failure to respond to the country's needs under Romano Prodi, whose less than two years in office now amount to a brief interregnum bracketed by Berlusconi. But the 71-year-old center-right leader must overcome Italians' deep-seated doubts that any politician can kick the country into gear...
...puzzling to see how Obama has found himself in the current mess. But in some respects, he is a victim of his own success. To a great degree his campaign has been built on the notion that it is a break from politics-as-usual, including a surprising amount of candor (and sometimes naivete) that in this instance has come back to bite...
...downpour, described by OTC chief executive Grant Davidson as a "rain bomb," struck the area, causing an extremely rapid rise in the river's water level. It soared from 0.5 cubic meter to 18 cubic meters in half an hour, according to Davidson. "I have seen that amount of water but I have never seen it come down at that speed," he said. Trapped in a gorge, separated for reasons unclear from the rest of the party, doomed students and their teacher were swept away. All the bodies have been recovered, the last two by helicopter just before dawn...