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...prospects of normalized international relations if Pyongyang abandoned its nuclear aspirations. But the North Koreans balked, insisting they needed a nuclear plant to produce electricity?a condition the U.S repeatedly said was a deal-breaker. With the two sides in a stalemate, China's Wu called a recess on August 7. Back in Washington, Hill vented his frustrations. "For a moment, I really thought I saw the top of the mountain there," he said in a speech to the Asia Society. "It got fogged in, eventually, but nonetheless we could see clearly where we were heading...
...signed up for nine more this year, up from only four in 2002. He has endorsement contracts with a total of 17 brands, from Parker Pens to Pepsi, making his white goatee and neat brown hair common on billboards and TV screens from Jakarta to Johannesburg. And in August, he returned to host a second series of the blockbuster television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? "He's a mythic figure," says Bend it Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha. Bachchan's friend, Reliance billionaire Anil Ambani, calls him "the biggest star...
Stanford spokesman Allen Acosta declined to comment on his university’s fundraising results, as Stanford’s fiscal year ends on August 31 rather than June 30, when Harvard’s ends. Stanford plans to announce its results in early to mid-October, he said...
Though economists typically steer their research away from the spiritual realm, a new study released in August found a connection between active membership in a religious congregation and levels of consumption and happiness...
...eastern and central Gulf, where Katrina had already sent massive half billion dollar oil rigs off their moorings and laid waste to vital infrastructure. The conditions created by Katrina in the Gulf industry are "unmatched" in history, says Johnnie Burton, director of the federal Minerals Management Service. Since August 26, according to the latest MMS bulletin issued this week, Katrina has already caused the loss of almost five percent of annual Gulf production, or some 547 million bbls...