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...about €35 billion - the French government hastily pulled together a tie-up between Suez and state-controlled Gaz de France worth more than €30 billion. And there's the problem. While everyone pays lip service to the idea of a common energy market, few individual countries are eager to see their national players swallowed up by outside predators. "The government's wish is clear: to defend our national interests," said French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin last week. Madrid is no different; late last month, Spain's Council of Ministers boosted its energy watchdog's veto powers over...
...Despite the intense pressure, however, al-Qahtani had still provided almost no important intelligence. So, eager to extract information from a prisoner identified as a key al-Qaeda operative, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally authorized a series of harsh interrogation techniques for al-Qahtani...
...world?s most populous nation and in need of power to fuel its surging economy. What?s more, the country?s own coal is particularly dirty and polluting and no one concerned about global warming wants to see India stay as reliant on fossil fuels. The U.S. is eager to cement its ties with India as well as reap the economic benefits of selling billions of dollars in nuclear equipment to India at a time when America?s nuclear power industry hasn?t built a new plant in over 30 years. More importantly, U.S. India relations are, in Burns...
...even being forced out of the presidency of the world’s leading university—is as bad as it first seems. 3) Lar-Bear should reflect on his experiences as president, says Ben-Shahar, and recall the high points of his tenure (bopping with eager freshmen in Annenberg) and looking for opportunities to use what he has learned in the future (next year’s Ice Cream Bash). If Summers is still blue, Ben-Shahar has saved a seat in Sanders with Summers’ name on it. “Audit [Psychology...
...from their parents. But how much better would our time be spent finding ways to make the challenges of parenting easier for everyone. Watching the way moms treat each other, at least in the Talk Show versions of World Championship Wrestling, you can't blame men for not being eager to join the conversation. But maybe if they did, they could change...