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...illogical strategy in more ways than one. Placing Governor Palin on this pedestal pushes Senator McCain out of the picture. Republicans would have benefited to focus less on the inexperienced Palin and more on the experienced McCain. Palin’s vice presidential resume consists of a brief tenure in the city council and then as mayor of Wasilla, a small Alaskan city, after which she was governor of Alaska for only two years. She has no significant national experience, unlike the other candidates on the Democratic and Republican tickets. Instead of reminding the public of his own achievements, McCain...
...Africa. Even more potentially volatile was the May 31 match-up between Sudan and Chad - FIFA postponed that one indefinitely, because the two countries were on the brink of war. (A World Cup qualifier in which El Salvador beat Honduras in 1969 saw long-running tensions erupt into a brief war.) But many in Turkey and Armenia are seeing their national teams' World Cup encounter in Yerevan on Saturday as an opportunity to help thaw the troubled relationship between the two countries...
...appearances by some familiar faces - Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse - are all too brief. But the three leads don't make you long for star power. They're fine: Mackie as the veteran who plays by the book, Geraghty as the subordinate with jumpy nerves, and especially Renner. He's had supporting roles in North Country, 28 Weeks Later and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, but this is his big chance, and he seizes it. He's ordinary, pudgy-faced, quiet, and at first seems to lack the screen charisma to carry a film. That...
...Cyprus Together Again? The latest in a decades-long series of reunification talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots began on this Mediterranean island Sept. 3, and with both sides' leaders taking moderate positions, hopes are high for a resolution this time. A brief recap of the divided nation's contentious history...
...Gulfport, many businesses boarded up and closed by 10 a.m., while others, including Wal-Mart, closed shortly after noon. The early closings caught most people by surprise and sparked a brief frenzy as people rushed from store to store, trying to find last minute items. Janette Mederos was among nearly 200 people who crowded into Fred's, one of the few stores still open by 2 p.m. Though many shoppers were visibly frustrated to find empty shelves where batteries, candles, and flashlights once stood, Mederos took it all in stride, loading her cart with tiki torches and charcoal...