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...leaders, including Kennedy and Senator John Kerry, have called on Clinton to pull out of the race if she loses tonight in Ohio. With John McCain all but assured of winning the Republican Party nomination, they worry that an expensive and increasingly heated battle between the Democratic frontrunners would divert finite money and time away from preparing for the general election...
...clip shows Premier Wen Jiabao picking up a bullhorn and apologizing to a crowd of disgruntled travelers trapped in the train station in Changsha, the icy capital of Hunan province. (Even the Premier was inconvenienced by the weather: his plane couldn't land in Changsha and was forced to divert to Wuhan, 180 miles away. Wen arrived in the capital by train.) "I'm very sorry that you are stranded and not able to go home earlier," Wen told the throng. "We are doing our best to fix things so that you will all be home...
...just couldn't believe that the cover read, "Why We Need to Save Pakistan." Absolutely shocking. At this crucial time for our country, TIME suggests we divert our lives and money to save Pakistan - as if it even has a chance of being saved. Haven't our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan proved that our presence has accomplished little or nothing, made more enemies throughout the world and cost trillions of dollars? It's about time we stopped sacrificing American lives for impossible causes. Ed Jacobson, Whiting...
...just couldn't believe that the cover read, "Why We Need to Save Pakistan." Absolutely shocking. At this crucial time for our country, TIME suggests we divert our lives and money to save Pakistan - as if it even has a chance of being saved. Haven't our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan proved that our presence has accomplished little or nothing, made more enemies throughout the world and cost trillions of dollars? It's about time we stopped sacrificing American lives for impossible causes. Ed Jacobson, WHITING...
...expect that to spook Sarkozy into a reaction of modesty and self-effacement just yet. Careful manipulating of his private life in the press has become an established part of his communications strategy: for example, he'll invariably allow his personal life to dominate when he wants to divert media attention away from political troubles. That was certainly the case when he sprung his romance with Bruni on a French public that had been watching Sarkozy take a prolonged bashing over his hosting incorrigible Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. And it was déjà vu when he announced...