Word: derailer
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...However, any indication that the accounting and securities manipulations are widespread rather than isolated to Livedoor could send markets reeling once again and derail Japan?s fitful recovery. Morgan of HSBC says there is no sign of that so far, ?but if Livedoor had that brilliant idea, it?s possible that other companies might have had similar thoughts.? For now, however, most analysts TIME contacted contend that Japan?s stock market, its economy, and the financial reporting controls are fundamentally strong. In fact, Peter Tasker, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Tokyo, maintains that the ?Livedoor Shock? could...
...communication abilities to allow U.S. troops to talk to and support Iraqi forces when they need reinforcement. The U.S. military insists that all those benchmarks are trending in the right direction. For example, the Americans say that despite launching 50 attacks a day, the insurgents have been unable to derail political progress. Even more heartening are signs that locals are turning against the fighters: tips to U.S. forces have increased from 442 in February to 4,700 in September, although it's unclear how many lead to insurgents' being captured or killed...
...Laith Kubba, spokesman for Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, speculated that the perpetrators may have been Baathists trying to derail the trial and putting pressure on the government to move it out of the country. But the speculation among the lawyers, since the Janabi killing and also today, has been that the killers were Shiite militias enacting revenge on those defending Saddam Hussein...
...growing number of Sunni political and insurgent groups are threatening to boycott the referendum on Iraq's constitution, a step that would effectively derail the political process and undermine any prospect of the Oct. 15 vote helping to end the insurgency. Many Sunni groups say the vote would be meaningless, since their community is being denied a fair chance to vote down the draft constitution - and they believed their suspicions were confirmed by Sunday's vote in the Shiite-led Iraqi parliament to rewrite the rules in a way that effectively made it impossible for Sunnis to defeat the constitution...
...influential and increasingly vocal segment of Turkish society, one that encompasses members of the military and the judiciary, and which is vehemently opposed to E.U. membership and the changes to Turkish law and customs that it would require. The aim of these groups is not only to derail talks but also to discredit Erdogan, accession's most enthusiastic proponent. Many see his concessions as a betrayal of Turkish national interests. "Tayyip bey," says Kerinçsiz dismissively, "has dug his own grave." In the runup to the E.U. talks, Turkey's two main right-wing and nationalist parties - which together...