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...Senator McCain's vice-presidential vetting team knew all of these issues beforehand, and they understood that these issues would eventually come out," he said. "What matters to Americans is how Governor Palin will deal with this, and I think they will be proud of the decisions that Governor Palin and her family have taken so far to address the situation...
Then, there's the question about his business as water overwhelms what remains of the land. "As far as shrimping goes," DeJean continues, "there's going to be more shrimp. But you'll have a lot of garbage to deal with. You'll have trees, like in the nets." His 12-hour shifts will be reduced to six or eight mainly "because you spend so much time getting trees out the nets." Given the shortage of fuel, when does he expect to return to work? "You're talking a couple weeks without power, before we can do anything...
...Former colonies of other European powers may have reason to study Libya's deal. Algerian newspaper Liberte', for instance, called on French President Nicolas Sarkozy to "take heed of the Italian example." The paper L'Expression added that "genocide, torture and crimes against humanity most definitely existed in Algeria. They were the work of colonial France and its military contingent, and lasted 132 years." Le Potential, a daily in Congo, sent a similar message to the Belgium government that once reigned in that country...
...Libya's deal with Italy is part of its ongoing effort to reconcile with the West. In July, it reached a final compensation deal with the families of the 270 victims of the 1988 bombing of a U.S. airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, which was blamed on Gaddafi's regime. This deal appears to have led to full normalization of diplomatic relations with Washington and an expected visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice later this week. Condi Day anyone...
...dramatic reversal in the (literal) fortunes of Manchester City came when Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) - a holding company backed by the tiny Gulf emirate's royal family - reached a $380 million deal to buy the team from former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Exiled in London, Shinawatra - the subject of an arrest warrant in his home country after failing to appear in court last month on corruption charges - had paid just $148 million when he bought the club just over a year...