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...benefits we have from European unity. It also means explaining things properly to a public that is either skeptical or complacent. Instead of confidently facing up to it, leaders are shrinking from it. In the process, change is being exploited by extremist forces. Do you think it is fair for the poor new members from eastern Europe to pay for Britain's rebate? The main issue is what we are spending this money on. We've got to rethink Europe's direction. We have to satisfy the public that the direction is right, the policy is right and that therefore...
...held on July 2 with unprecedented star power (Will Smith is host of a hip-hop-heavy show in Philadelphia; Pink Floyd will reunite in London on the same bill as U2, Coldplay, Madonna and Paul McCartney), all to pressure G-8 leaders to make debt forgiveness, fair trade and increased aid part of their Africa policies...
...government that in the 1980s he was dispatched on state business to the Philippines, where AIG subsidiary Philippine American Life Insurance is the largest insurer. His mission: make clear to President Ferdinand Marcos that foreign investors were uneasy with the unstable government; he should step down or conduct fair elections. (Marcos didn't listen and ultimately fled in disgrace.) In the early 1990s Greenberg met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the Kremlin and won approval for an AIG investment there...
...giant of cricket, Glenn McGrath does a fair impression of a regular guy. Hanging about in the members' area of the Sydney Cricket Ground on a chilly afternoon last month, the fast bowler might have kept chatting with New South Wales State of Origin rugby league players, who happen to be milling about, too. But his attentions turn to the reporter, whom he knows a little. He agrees to talk outside, looking out over the ground, even though those things on his arms look a lot like goosebumps. Earlier, he'd noticed some of the members playing tennis. He says...
Defiling the holy book of any religion is a serious matter. But it may be less serious than our imprisoning people without trial, defense attorneys or any recourse to appealing their treatment in a fair court. Months ago, Americans knew of allegations that prisoners' Korans had been abused. What was done? Nothing. We are following a very dark precedent established by fascist dictatorships years...