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Libya has pulled off something of a diplomatic coup. Catching more powerful rivals like Nigeria and Egypt by surprise, Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi's regime has quickly marshaled many of the nations of the continent behind a plan to establish an African Union. The proposed political and economic bloc, which is set to replace the 38-year-old Organization of African Unity, is designed to more effectively manage the continent's affairs as well as its relations with the rest of the world. If all goes to plan, the Union's executive council, parliament, court of justice, peacekeeping force and financial...
...Bush administration, which has made a national missile defense an almost obsessive focus of its foreign policy, seemed to score a coup of sorts last week when Russian President Vladimir Putin offered an anti-missile proposal. Putin's plan accepted the possibility of certain types of limited missile defenses. However, on close examnination, the proposal looks more like a mere barganing ploy vastly different from the system Bush would build. This gap between the president's designs and the systems our foreign allies and partners would support shows how much the U.S. stands to lose diplomatically if it continues...
...most talented designers working today, Slimane was bombarded with offers after the YSL sale-reportedly from Prada Group to design the women's collection for Jil Sander and from Gucci Group to set up a collection in his own name. Signing Slimane was a major coup for Arnault in the battle between Gucci and LVMH. Slimane said he chose Dior because he wanted his own atelier and was intrigued by the idea of creating a men's collection more or less from scratch. "Men's is a white page here," Slimane said. "There's nearly no presence for the collection...
Last summer Shaggy released Hotshot, a sleek confection of R.-and-B.-tinged reggae, to scant attention. But he has since pulled off a coup that few reggae artists have ever achieved. Steadily pushing his way up the pop chart, he has knocked off one blockbuster after another: Limp Bizkit, Nelly, Creed, even the Beatles. Finally, this week he passed Jennifer Lopez, making him the first reggae artist ever to top the pop charts since Shabba Ranks in 1991. His accomplishment is all the more remarkable because it's the sort of breakout that has attracted buyers from 12-year...
Still, Clemente almost managed to pull of a coup of sorts against Princeton. Down one point with ten seconds left, and four Tigers surrounding him, Clemente pumped and fought his way up in the air to take a jump-shot, which of course he made...