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...cassettes to Clinton--and then record his observations and recollections after leaving the White House. This book is the fruit of that second set of tapes, and it's by turns intimate and dispassionately historical. With its chronological account of Clinton's then contemporaneous comments on the Middle East peace process, his Republican opponents and just about everything else under the sun (except for Whitewater and, for the most part, the Monica Lewinsky scandal), this book will be a boon to historians. The casual reader, however, might delight more in Branch's glimpses of an unguarded President: cold-stricken...
...Infrastructure The majority of the 26 sports will be held in venues at the brand new Olympic Park in Stratford, East London. Construction is underway at the park's "Big Five" venues - the main Olympic stadium, the aquatics center, the velodrome, the Olympic village and the broadcast/media center. London is on track as far as timing and budget are concerned, which is a feat considering this is the largest building project anywhere in Europe, said John Armitt, head of the Olympic Delivery Authority. The International Olympic Committee has also taken notice: Chairman Denis Oswald said recently he is "greatly impressed...
...East London, one of the least developed regions of the city, looks set to benefit in the long term. When the Games are over, the Olympic Village will be converted into nearly 3,000 new homes, more than half of which will be set aside as affordable housing. East London will also have new education facilities, retail and office space and a world-class transport hub. "We're building [all] this with the Games and legacy in mind," says Joanna Manning Cooper, spokeswoman for the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG...
...Transport Transport authorities have been making steady improvements in the city's Underground system for a number of years, including extending the Jubilee Line to Stratford for the Games. Four new stations are also being built on the Docklands Light Railway system in East London, including two in Stratford. But above ground, there have been a few bumps along the way. Every host city has to designate a network of roads, known as an Olympic Route Network, which will be used by athletes and officials to get to the event venues. London police have expressed concern that the lanes reserved...
...Sayyaf appeared, however, to lose ground after the army launched a major offensive against the organization in August 2006. Shortly thereafter, Khadaffy Janjalani and two other high-ranking Abu Sayyaf leaders with important connections to funding in the Middle East were killed. According to one analyst, Abu Sayyaf is running low on funds, and no new leader has come forward to unite the disgruntled factions within the group. And once again, Abu Sayyaf is back to kidnapping for ransom money as a means of funding its operations. In January, the group held three Red Cross workers hostage, and analysts suspect...