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...bombers in Bali killed 200 night-clubbers and wounded hundreds more by detonating two separate devices, one to draw curious onlookers and a second that exploded in the midst of the assembled crowd. A first explosion outside Tiger Tiger might well have drawn onlookers to Cockspur Street, into the range of the second potential car bomb...
During his three years as dean, Altshuler has drawn controversy and caused clashes with the GSD faculty over his support of former University president Lawrence H. Summers. But this fall, when he announced that he would be stepping down, faculty members praised Altshuler for his accomplishments, which include doubling the number of senior women faculty...
...sharing the stage with the Governor of California. Arnold Schwarzenegger had come to discuss climate change and expressed his desire to see the man he praised for his "great leadership and great friendship" put his skills to work for the benefit of the global environment. Blair refused to be drawn on his plans for the future, and prepared to leave the podium, returning only for one last quip. "My press officer said whatever else you say today, don't say 'I'll be back,'" he remarked to laughter and a round of spontaneous applause...
...major rival drug-trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels, "may be trying to negotiate a truce" and come to some agreement over control of territory, says a knowledgeable U.S. official. The two mafias could be coming to the table for two key reasons. First, "the violence has drawn too much attention and has really begun to hurt [their drug-trafficking] business," says Steven Robertson, a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). And second, Mexican President Felipe Calderon's popular but oft-questioned strategy of throwing the military at the cartels - some 25,000 soldiers have been deployed...
Both Jacobs and Silvey cited the value of collective bargaining in getting the contract drawn up and settled...