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...Hopkins University. According to Welsh, Anwar's victory could also give strength to demands in the ruling party for Abdullah, the current prime minister who has promised to step down within two years, to resign earlier. "It signals voters have rejected his rudderless leadership," Welsh says. "Most people are eager for Anwar to lead the country...
...over the course of the day, a remarkable marathon of interviews, with Romney showing himself eager to tackle almost any subject but one. At the end of one press conference, he was asked if he had any interest in serving as vice president. Romney turned to Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee. "You can take that," he said with a smile. She demurred. So Romney turned to face the reporters again. "We haven't got anything on that one," he said. "Thanks...
...every disillusioned or disheartened Russia booster considering withdrawal, there's someone else who is eager to pile back in. On Aug. 11, Credit Suisse issued a research note arguing that this is a great time to buy Russian stocks. The market "has been punished excessively over the last couple of weeks," wrote analyst Vladimir Savov. "While warfare is never a good thing, fundamentally Russia's economy and infrastructure are not affected ... The likelihood of military involvement of other superpowers is below average. The situation may end soon, to be replaced by diplomatic negotiations." And even as bullets flew in Georgia...
...conservative group Accuracy in Media (AIM) is eager to paint the radical picture. In press releases and website articles, AIM calls Davis "Obama's Communist Mentor," although by the time they met, Davis had been out of politics for decades, and "mentor" may exaggerate his role in the young man's life. Still, it's clear that Obama did seek advice from the old man and that what he got was undiluted. "You're not going to college to get educated. You're going there to get trained," Davis once warned Obama. "They'll train you so good...
...Despite Zebari's confidence, the extent to which al-Maliki will manage to roll back the Bush Administration on the security deal remains unclear. Both Rice and Zebari say a final agreement is close, and each side seems eager to finalize the agreement before the current U.N. mandate for the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq expires at the end of 2008. Still, among the various parties to the talks, al-Maliki now appears to be the one controlling the clock...