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...sold his firm, Herzog Heine Geduld, to Merrill Lynch in 2000. "I can tell you there may be some unintended consequences and this all may blow up." Competition and innovation tend to make markets explode from time to time. And while we wouldn't really be able to blame this one on Bernie Madoff, you could say he helped light the fuse...
...have finished last in Iran's disputed presidential election, but in the weeks that followed, Mehdi Karroubi has often taken the lead in challenging the Iranian government. After the announcement of the result triggered massive demonstrations in June, Karroubi was one of the first major figures to blame the government for the violence - a brave act considering that the state media was calling the demonstrations riots instigated by foreign powers. And when Basiji militiamen roughed him up on the way to Friday prayers last month, Karroubi spoke out again. "They want to create an atmosphere of threat and terror...
...Environmental groups in Greece complain that in the wake of the 2007 fires, there have been no substantial education initiatives or forestry work. They also blame land developers for setting fires to clear land, especially in the heavily populated areas near Athens. Greece bans building in forest areas but has no official record of which areas are protected, along with a poor record of enforcing the ban in areas devastated by fire...
Rasmussen Reports •poll conducted by is headlined, "39% Blame Obama Policies for Bad Economy," though the bigger story would seem to be that a rather larger number - 55% - blame Bush...
...government blamed religious extremists and remnants of the former regime of Saddam Hussein for trying to de-stablize an Iraq that that no longer relies on the U.S. military, which has been relegated to its bases since June 30, as part of the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement. Furthermore, without naming names, some politicians said Iraq's neighbors are also to blame for allowing fighters to cross the border, if not having a direct hand in the violence - "The dark powers," in the words of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political adviser Sadiq al-Rukabi. "They...