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...hand over to his deputy; the government of Africa's most populous country adrift; a civil war likely to start again in the southern oil fields; hundreds killed in religious clashes in the north; and fresh national shame after a young Nigerian tried to blow up an airplane over Detroit on Christmas Day. (See pictures of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...
...localized and élitist, the self-serving yelps of New Yorkers and New Havenites who think they alone can make good pizza. But take a look at Alan Richman's recent roundup of the top pizzas in America in GQ. New York and Chicago are represented, but so are Detroit, Phoenix, Boston, Providence, R.I., and Port Chester, N.Y. - hardly bastions of food-snob chauvinism. (See pictures of what the world eats, Part...
...Cautious optimism also reigned after talks on Yemen hastily organized to take place alongside the Afghanistan conference, following the failed Christmas Day attack on a jetliner in Detroit. The Yemen meeting, on Jan. 27, set out steps to counter the growing threat from al-Qaeda militants based in the failing state, and envisaged a boost in aid from the U.S. and other nations. "We cannot afford inaction," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the conclusion of that meeting. But the challenge remains to turn all this talk into action...
...York recently: the state legislature, in effect, turned down the chance to win $700 million in federal money. No one does that, except extremely conservative Southern governors (who inevitably relent and take the money) - oh, and occasionally teachers' unions. A few years ago, I wrote here about the Detroit union that forced the local government to reject a $200 million philanthropic gift to build 15 charter schools using a model that was already succeeding in the city. And now we have New York's United Federation of Teachers (UFT), a storied crew, thwarting the state's attempt to file...
Toyota hasn't tallied how much the recall will cost, said Yoshimi Inaba, the company's top executive in the U.S., after a speech in Detroit. But he said Toyota is committed to using the recalls to impress customers with the company's service. "It is an opportunity to prove ourselves to them," he said...