Word: broking
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...burst with idealism like a piñata and only await somebody with a giant pin. But they aren't the only ones who could use a lesson about social obligation. What about grownups? Grownups, who still have some hope of collecting Social Security and Medicare before they go broke, who have enjoyed the explosion in house prices that make the prospect of home ownership so dim for the next generation; who allowed the government to run up a gargantuan national debt, were miraculously bailed out of that, and immediately allowed it to be run up a second time...
...that they are related to growing frustration and anger by Taliban-inspired militants who have been embroiled in an increasingly violent insurgency for the past 18 months. Nearly a year ago, Pakistan's military, unable to subdue the insurgency, signed a peace treaty with the militants, but that treaty broke down this summer over a series of strikes against terrorist targets in the border lands between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Just last week, militants in South Waziristan took around 300 soldiers and security personnel hostage, demanding the withdrawal of troops from the tribal areas in addition to the release...
...slammed APEC as "a talk shop of debatable output." The region has other forums, notably the 16-member East Asian Summit. But, says HSBC's Edwards, only APEC "includes both China and the U.S. and all the economies that have most to lose if their relationship broke down. There are all sorts of points of tension between the two that can be modulated by the diplomacy of the others." With many members allied with the U.S. but ever more reliant on trade with China, its talk-shop role alone could soon make APEC worth having...
...former member of the party himself, Allawi broke with Saddam Hussein in 1975 and lived in exile in London. He survived an assassination attempt by Ba'ath agents in 1978. But since his return to Iraq after the fall of Saddam, he has consistently argued that the entire party membership should not be criminalized. Many Iraqis joined the Ba'ath under duress, or because it was the only way to get jobs or advance careers...
...fighting continued, Karbala was put under curfew, pilgrims were ordered to leave the city, and Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki ordered in government troops to restore order. But fighting between Badr and the Mahdi Army broke out in other Shi'ite cities and in Shi'ite neighborhoods of Baghdad. The death toll, which already reaches into the dozens, is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered in Karbala...