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...When you serve on [an] intelligence committee you sign a second oath - one of secrecy." -Explaining why she had not delayed in disclosing that she filed an objection to CIA interrogation tactics like waterboarding, a program she was briefed on in 2002. (Washington Post, Dec...
...party enthusiasts claim that the tea parties were supposedly a spontaneous, nonpartisan, grassroots movement fashioned after the Boston Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773, when disgruntled colonists tossed tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxation without representation. The only problem is that the tea parties of Tax Day 2009 were neither spontaneous nor, in fact, very much related to the original tea party...
...been living in the German city of Hamburg. In July 2006, the authorities foiled a plot to plant suitcase bombs on commuter trains in Cologne's main station. The explosives failed to detonate and no one was injured. A Lebanese man, Youssef Mohammed el-Hajdib, was convicted in Dec. 2008 of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for the failed attack. A year earlier, another Lebanese man, Jihad Hamad, had been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Lebanese court for his role in the plot...
...could own the yuan through these swaps, what would you do with it?" asks Mark Matthews, a Hong Kong-based strategist for Fox-Pitt Kelton Securities. Yuan holders can invest their excess savings in Chinese securities, but only up to a point. The Chinese government said on Dec. 9 that it will triple the amount of domestic securities qualified foreign funds are allowed to purchase to up to $30 billion. But trillions of dollars can be sunk into secure U.S. Treasuries, which have no limits on foreign purchases...
...Port R and R. For just $179 per night, at Marriott's Casa Magna Resort & Spa in Puerto Vallarta you get: an in-room spa bath upon arrival, two spa treatments, two fitness classes and daily breakfast during your four-night stay. The offer is good through Dec. 18 with the promotional code ZJ1. Paseo La Marina 435, Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; 888-PARADISE...