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...unrelenting downpour in Basel gradually reduced Wednesday's game to a cross between football and water polo. Along the sidelines the ball stopped bouncing and rolling - conditions under which a match could be abandoned. But once Hakan Yakan converted a pass from Gelson Fernandes that nearly stopped dead in the goalmouth, in the 31st minute, there was no way the game was going to be stopped. Both teams had to settle for knocking long balls in the air like any other pub team and hoping for the best. The best turned out to be Turkey - Semih Sent...
...will be sorely missed because his years as a Senate staffer and probing TV journalist gave him special insights on political and governmental issues. Had he chosen law as a career, his cross-examination would have made him a star in that field as well." - Sen. Arlen Specter...
...breakaway territory and bristles at any reference to it as a sovereign government. "The resumption of talks is always encouraging," says Andrew Yang, head of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies. "Now a brief encounter between the two sides unveils a new historical chapter for cross-strait relations...
...agreement is expected to give a modest boost to Taiwan's economy. More cross-strait tourism will boost annual GDP growth by .6% to .8%, according to a report on tourism in Taiwan by Goldman Sachs. "The implementation of these policies would support a recovery in sentiments and domestic demands ... and should help Taiwan offset the negative external shock from slower U.S. demand and higher energy prices," wrote Goldman Sachs analyst Enoch Fung...
...long time ... but, you know, [this is] Africa, where armed conflicts are prevalent. In Zimbabwe there is no armed conflict, but it is state-sponsored violence that has caused so much suffering. They treat it differently. [The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Red Cross] ... the way they treat people displaced internally is different from a war zone...