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...jobs in the oil-rich nation to Thai migrant workers. But since Thailand's statute of limitations lapsed in February for murders allegedly linked to the heist, the Thais are running out of options. It will now be up to the Saudi government to decide if Thailand's last-ditch efforts are enough to normalize relations...
Still, the opposition, led by Bishop Harry R. Jackson - who made an unsuccessful last-ditch attempt to get a stay from the Supreme Court until after locals could hold a referendum on gay marriage - shows little acceptance of defeat. And D.C. councilman Marion Barry, who spearheaded the Human Rights Act before gay voters helped him become mayor in 1978, has made grim predictions based on the sentiments of his constituents. "All hell is going to break loose," he told reporters after the council voted in May 2009 to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the District. "We may have...
...other crucial planks in Obama's plan to start pulling U.S. forces from Afghanistan in mid-2011 already look worm-eaten. One is the creation of a legitimate, reliable government in Kabul: since Karzai's contentious election late last year, Afghanistan's President has shown little inclination to ditch his corrupt cronies. Nor is there yet an Afghan security force capable of taking over from the Americans. Although U.S. commanders carefully talk up the contributions of the 4,500 Afghan National Army soldiers (two had been killed) and police in the Marjah operation, it's no secret that...
...deal breaker. Even before the Massachusetts election, Democratic Senate leaders had decided not to reprise the horse-trading it took to get them 60 votes for health care reform. They want a bipartisan bill, and there's no way that will happen with the CFPA. Why not ditch...
...obscure corner of the world" - then like the rest of the country under Japanese colonial occupation, but now a drab port with an American Air Force base nearby - the shy and sickly teenager stumbled across a volume of work by the poet Han Ha Wun lying in a roadside ditch. He devoured it, decided that "to be a poet was freedom itself" and went on to become his nation's preeminent living bard, a singer of democracy and reunification with North Korea. Whether or not you believe his tales of reincarnation, what is certain is that Ko is a master...