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...Other leaders at the annual summit between the U.S. and European Union were primed to press him on the handling of detainees at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, but Bush managed to preempt many of their complaints while not committing to any reversals. And he indicated a desire to overcome past fissures over Iraq by declaring, "What's past is past, and what's ahead is a hopeful democracy in the Middle East...
...foreign forays of his Presidency. The lightning schedule kept him from getting sniffly or cranky, as he did on several of his early overseas trips. Mammoth demonstrations never materialized. And that piling-on question about the U.S. image abroad provoked perhaps the most ardent defense of Bush by a European leader since the attack on Iraq in March...
...tough after subbing in against Italy, seems a likely call-up. Ghana too, will be missing some key players, Asamoah Gyan and Sully Muntari, each of whom have scored goals. Still, Ghana features not only Essien, but in Stephen Appiah and Sammy Kuffour, players with tons of top-class European experience...
...hard to project power with a name like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Certainly, the 10-country Eurasian assembly, which gathered in China's financial capital last week, can't claim the brand recognition of the European Union. But the SCO?which consists of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as observer nations India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia?is rapidly raising its profile. The regional bloc's massive population (more than 40% of the world's total), wealth of natural resources (more than 20% of the world's oil reserves) and strategic location could give considerable influence...
That provided an opening. The disgruntlement was enough to begin working a few potential informants. It was an operation of relationship building that reflected traditional European spycraft. Build common bonds. Show sympathy to the sources' concerns. Develop trust. While al-Qaeda recruits were ready for martyrdom, that was something its more senior officials seemed to have little taste for. As one CIA manager said, "Masterminds are too valuable for martyrdom." Whatever Ali's motivations, his reports - over the preceding six months - had been almost always correct, including information that led to several captures...