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...gathering for much of the year, and inside the Fed, Timothy F. Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and a vice chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (which sets interest-rate policy), had quietly been raising red flags among his colleagues. Earlier that month, the European Central Bank had startled traders by pumping close to 100 billion euros into the short-term-credit markets - an unexpectedly massive intervention. It was as if the global financial system had had an angina attack, a brief, unexpectedly painful episode that signaled what a few senior Fed officials were beginning...
...European holiday destination, Majorca has gone through a few reinventions. It began the last century among Spain's poorest regions, became one of the classiest vacation spots on the Mediterranean in the 1920s, exploded as a package-tourism destination in the 1970s, and ended the century as the most expensive part of Spain, a favorite hangout for stars such as Michael Douglas and Claudia Schiffer...
...sale, which may be the first step toward an eventual takeover by the French-Dutch carrier, gives Air France-KLM a big say in decision-making at Alitalia and greater access to Italian routes, which are ripe with potential for both international and domestic travelers. Unlike most other European countries, Italy's geography (1,350 kilometers (840 miles) north-south from Turin to Reggio Calabria, and two major islands) fuels steady national flights. Despite the current worldwide economic crisis, Italy also remains a destination for tourists as well as the families of Italian emigrants and their descendants around the world...
...begins the tale of The Prince's Waitress Wife, by Sarah Morgan (out Feb. 1, just in time for the start of the Six Nations European season), the first of eight rugby-themed romances from Mills & Boon, the iconic publishers of romance novels like Virgin Mistress, Scandalous Love-Child. According to Clare Somerville, director of sales and marketing, the rough-and-tumble world of rugby fits snugly into the publisher's literary field of play. "[The books] have all the elements of a quintessential Mills & Boon romance: jet-set locations, hunky alpha-male heroes...
...contrast with female candidates in Baghdad is noticeable. In the Iraqi capital, posters can be seen pasted to blast walls depicting the faces of a few bold female candidates - something the Anbar women wouldn't dare to do. Iman al-Barazenchi, a European history professor at Baghdad University, has a loyal following of male and female students who are campaigning for her on campus. A candidate for the Iraqia bloc, Nebras al-Ma'mouri, makes frequent appearances as a political analyst on Iraqi television. "It's great to see a woman in politics," she says. "In America, for example...