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...traders will likely remain tough to wow. According to a draft that Reuters obtained of a final statement written for Thursday's conclusion of the summit of European Union leaders in Brussels, resolutions have largely been limited to approving the rescue plan and coordinated strategies of eurozone nations, along with vague promises of help when the crisis-aggravated recession sets...
...Outside the financial sector," Reuters quotes the draft, "the European Council underlines its determination to take the necessary steps to react to the slowdown in demand and the contraction in investment and in particular to support European industry." There's every indication that that help will be sorely needed...
...efforts have turned out well. Some diplomats believe the solution he helped draft to the Kosovo war in 1999, which stipulated that Kosovo remain under Serbia's control, left the problem unresolved and sowed the seeds for the recent flare-ups between the West and Russia in the Balkans and Caucasus. "It was not a good deal. We should have gone all the way," says a U.S. diplomat familiar with the compromise. Ahtisaari has also been criticized for supporting the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, which he did on humanitarian grounds...
...famer Jim Brown at Syracuse. Davis not only won the Heisman in 1961; he also led Syracuse to its only national championship in 1959 under Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, played by Dennis Quaid. His success story quickly turned into a tragedy: after being taken first overall in the NFL draft, Davis was diagnosed with leukemia before he ever played an NFL down. He died shortly thereafter at the age of 23.In addition to his on-field performance, Davis was an admirable student and an even better person off the field—a sort of cross between Florida?...
...It’s probably up to Shawn, as much as he wants to commit himself,” Forst says. “He has the stuff of a much higher guy [than his draft position], and he’ll have the opportunity to move...