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...futures market controls well over $300 worth of oil. We can put a price tag on the whole market: for a mere $4 billion, you can easily control the fate of the entire multitrillion-dollar industry. Goldman Sachs pays out more than that in annual bonuses. (Read "The Reasons Behind Big Oil Declining Iraq's Riches...
...this particular case, there is substance behind the arrogance, and Sarkozy is right. If Israel is ever to have any conclusive peace agreement with its neighbors—or even ease the tension that exists within its own borders, among its own people—Leiberman must go. No questions asked...
...Causes and Solutions, which was distributed to 50,000 imams nationwide, lists five causes of harassment, including weak religious awareness and mental and cultural emptiness. It also suggests ways to tackle the problem. "When the imams realize that sexual harassment is a social hazard, and they understand the reasons behind it, then they start spreading the message," says Salem Geleil, Egypt's Deputy Minister of Endowments and the booklet's editor. "Egyptians are very religious ... So when you approach a cause from a religious point of view, the response is very strong...
...North Korea is really behind the cyberattacks on U.S. and South Korean websites over the past few days, as South Korea has claimed, why hasn't it taken responsibility? The Kim Jong Il regime has never been shy of owning up to its mischief: if anything, it tends to exaggerate its ability to do far-flung damage. And yet, there has been no chest-thumping from Pyongyang about the "glorious destruction of the powerful computer systems of the evil enemies of our Dear Leader...
Soldiers in riot gear shot tear gas at the demonstrators and attempted to quell the crowds by storming entire blocks with squads of 25 to 50 men each. But shopkeepers along the streets provided refuge for the protesters behind metal doors, allowing the demonstrators to reappear on the same streets to the cheers and honks from people in cars who had jammed the streets. Those unable to find safety, however, were beaten mercilessly with wooden batons by the attack squads...