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...European vacation it is not. Over the next week, President Barack Obama will board his plane anew nearly every day so that he can attend individual meetings with at least 17 political leaders from 11 nations and appear at summits and forums in five countries to discuss international economic recovery, national security, cyberthreats and global warming. He will have tea with a Queen (England) and a private chat with a King (Saudi Arabia) and will convene a roundtable with students (Turkey...
...crisis summit" looks like it will turn into a crisis all its own. For the weeks leading up to the meeting there has been hope that the nations who will attend would be able to create a united approach to pull the world out of a recession that, by some estimates, could cost 50 million jobs across the globe. But, there will be no unity of programs and each country coming to the gathering may well end up taking a different approach to making their own economies, and by extension, a part of the world economy, much better...
...simple pitch for the women's pitch. "It's not going to make or break you, and it's probably cheaper than going to have coffee with someone," she says. "Be a critic after you've come see a game, don't make a judgment beforehand. If you attend a game, you'll see people working their asses off." No doubt these classy pros will take their shots. But is hard work enough to score big in the face of a brutal downturn...
That should grease the skids for President Obama's visit to Mexico on April 16, after which he will attend the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Only time will tell if the U.S. gesture can prod Mexico to take its police-reform obligations more seriously. (See pictures of crime-fighting in Mexico City...