Word: chief
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...China's stimulus plans "could have an enormous difference in whether or not people want to buy cars," says Ben Simpfendorfer, chief China economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland. "What's unusual about this cycle is that China faces the same problems as everywhere else in the world. The big question is how to spur consumer spending. Strong auto sales will help China, just like they'll help America or Europe...
...burning question is whether top Syrian officials will be called before the tribunal. Syria, which politically controlled Lebanon at the time of Hariri?s death, remains the chief suspect in the murder. An initial report by a UN commission, which began investigating Hariri?s death in 2005, implicated several senior Syrian and Lebanese officials. Subsequent reports, however, have been scant on detail, and it remains unknown what evidence the commission has amassed. Daniel Bellemare, the head of the UN commission for the past year, is expected to continue the investigation when he takes up the role on March...
...Even the probe?s closest supporters concede that if Israel had been the chief suspect in the Hariri murder, the investigation would never have existed...
...Thursday, a group of former senior diplomats issued a public call on the U.S. and Israel to engage Hamas. "Whether we like it or not, Hamas will not go away," wrote the group , which included Israel's chief negotiator at the Camp David talks, former foreign minister Shlomo Ben Ami. "Since its victory in democratic elections in 2006, Hamas has sustained its support in Palestinian society despite attempts to destroy it through economic blockades, political boycotts and military incursions... An Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement without Hamas will not be possible...
...international effort to rebuild Gaza gathers momentum, it confronts the inescapable political fact that nothing can be done in Gaza without the consent and cooperation of Hamas, which remains firmly in control of the territory. Like Kerry, a growing cadre of politicians and statesman - most recently, E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Friday - have visited Hamas-controlled Gaza to survey the wreckage. And while most will ritually eschew contact with Hamas, they are well aware that cleaning up the humanitarian mess left by Israel's incursion and rebuilding Gaza will require reaching a modus vivendi with the organization, whose...