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...Worst Crisis After three years of grinding recession, Argentina is on the brink of devaluing the peso and defaulting on its $132 billion debt. A recent run on the banks forced the government to limit cash withdrawals to $250 a week. Could Argentina set off a crisis in emerging markets, like the one that began in Asia in 1997? Maybe not. Its economy has been in so much trouble this year that a collapse would be almost anticlimactic...
...latest wave of suicide bombings in Israel has pushed the relationship between Israel and the PA to the brink of war. The Israeli cabinet resolution that the PA is “a terror supporting entity” is the clearest indication that Palestinian reliance on terrorism as a tactic in the ongoing conflict is likely to meet even harsher Israeli responses in the future. Israel has already launched attacks against symbols of the PA’s power in the West Bank and Gaza. Whereas in the past President George W. Bush has urged Israel to show restraint...
...economy was clearly sliding into a recession. The attack pushed us over the brink, and this in turn exacerbated the global slowdown. During the Asian economic crisis in 1998, the U.S. was the one factor keeping the global economy going. Now, as you travel around the world, you can see the impact. Areas like Taiwan and Singapore that weathered the last crisis well are now into recession. I spent a lot of time in Latin America recently, and you can see it there even more strongly. Ecuador, for instance, sends a huge portion of its workforce abroad...
...good position to qualify for NCAAs. Provided that Grant does not reach the automatic qualifying distance of 19.50 meters, she needs to be among the top 16 or 17 throwers in the country to make the NCAA meet. A throw of 18.90 meters would have put her on the brink of NCAA qualification at the end of last year...
...With Kabul in opposition hands and Kandahar, the regime's spiritual center, under siege by opposition Pashtun, the Taliban was on the brink of total collapse. But inside the Pentagon, joy was tempered by the grim knowledge of the threats to American forces on the ground. The pace and scale of the Taliban's retreat last week left U.S. special-ops troops scattered throughout a ravaged land that lacks a central governing authority. Dozens of warlords staked claims to their own pieces of turf, and in several cities, ethnic tensions held the potential for fresh violence. And even...