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...Rudd, a Mandarin speaker who once served as a diplomat in Beijing, has pushed for closer relations with China, Australia's biggest trading partner. Until now his government has avoided "megaphone diplomacy" in the Rio Tinto case, but pressure from the opposition has led Rudd to take a much tougher stand as Hu nears two weeks in detention. "A range of foreign governments and corporations will be watching this case with interest and be watching it very closely," Rudd said. "And they'll be drawing their own conclusions about how it is conducted." (Read "China Buys Australia On the Cheap...
...predict college kids will study closer to home, and that families will cluster in the same area. We're already seeing similar effects from the increased price of a college education. State schools, especially the upper-tier ones, have been swamped with applications during the last decade. That's a trend that will only be enhanced by higher gas prices and more expensive plane tickets. As for families being clustered, that's going to be a long-term effect that may take a generation to manifest as young families mature during a time of higher gasoline prices. (See pictures...
...facility boasts Europe's highest museum, with displays of astronomical data and images of the mind-bending dimensions and beauty of the universe. Closer to home, visitors can journey to the moon courtesy of a telescope that takes them to the crater of their choice...
...walked faster. The barks got louder. I walked faster. The barks got closer. I turned around...
...increasingly difficult if Iran continues on its collision course with the West. By blaming civil unrest on foreign governments, especially the British, and by arresting Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran, the Iranian government has unified the European Union - Iran's largest trading partner - and pushed it closer to the U.S., which maintains economic sanctions against Iran. (Read "Europe and Iran: Time to Talk...