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...buoy public support, Musharraf seems to be cozying up to former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, both of whom are in enforced exile; Bhutto's husband, Asif Zardari, was recently released from jail, where he had been held for eight years on corruption charges. Reconciliation could lead to a promising tableau: a general-cum-President sharing democratic space with the leaders of Pakistan's two main political parties...
As the flu-vaccine shortage began, Canada quickly emerged as a potential life buoy. Ujjal Dosanjh, Canada's Health Minister, personally phoned Tommy Thompson, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and offered to share whatever surplus Canada had to help meet the 48-million-dose shortfall. "I assured him that if there was anything we could do to assist our American friends, we would be happy to do that," Dosanjh told TIME. But it wasn't long before Dosanjh was spelling out the limits of what his country could do. "Canada cannot be the drugstore of the United...
...time she reached the first buoy, however, Shoemaker had been swallowed up by the pack...
...FIRM DOLLAR Many believe the buck, which slumped 17% against the euro last year, will continue to weaken as the U.S. government keeps spending money it doesn't have. Yet rising interest rates attract foreign investment and often buoy the dollar, which firmed noticeably after Greenspan's rate signal in late January. The buck may hold firm if, as seems logical, Europe cuts interest rates to combat slow growth. A steady dollar would remove the currency edge of foreign securities, which in dollar terms rose nearly twice as much as they did in local currencies last year. You should favor...
...half-hour Thanksgiving dinner by stealth at Baghdad's airport symbolizing both his personal commitment to the Iraq mission and the immense security difficulties plaguing that mission. In marked contrast to his May 1 victory speech aboard the U.S.S. Lincoln, President Bush went to Baghdad to buoy the spirits of an army still very much at war. November was the bloodiest month for U.S. forces since invading Iraq, with 83 American soldiers, and a further 35 troops from coalition allies, having been killed over 30 days...