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...foreign affairs, Sarkozy has similarly shown a flair for big announcements of limited results. Despite his finish-line sprint, 99% of the credit for freeing the Bulgarian medics from Libya goes to years of tireless work by E.U. officials. Sarkozy's warmer relations with the U.S. shouldn't and can't hide the deep differences that France and Europe have with America - and not just on Iraq. And it's hard to fully applaud his success in Europe's agreement on the simplified treaty when, elsewhere, Sarkozy sends the message to Germany and others that their work to trim deficits...
...Nokia has big hopes for Ovi against iTunes. "I've never participated in a competition where I finish number two," says Vanjoki. It also hopes Ovi helps it to sell more higher-profit higher end phones, although Nokia will eventually need a touch screen phone to match Apple...
...imported oil now passes. And with China needing somewhere to park its ballooning foreign-exchange reserves, the riverfront capitals of Phnom Penh and Vientiane now gleam with Chinese-built roads, buildings and other infrastructure. The torrent of investment will likely grow even greater next year when Chinese construction workers finish building a 1,100-mile (1,800-km) Yunnan-Bangkok highway that parallels a section of the Mekong. "Chinese are natural businessmen," says Liu Jingchun, a Chinese boat captain who transports goods between Yunnan and northern Thailand. "For so many years, we shut ourselves off from doing business. Now that...
...preseason tune-up, junior Louis Caputo wrestled to a ninth-place finish at the Junior World Championships hosted by the China Agricultural University this Sunday in Beijing. Caputo, who represented the United States at the tournament after winning the FILA Junior World Team Trials in late May, competed in the freestyle 84 kg. weight class and posted a 2-2 record. After defeating Canada’s Cotlen Woznow, 3-1, 4-0, Caputo fell to Anzor Urishev of Russia in a shutout. In his match against China’s B. Huwatibieke in the wrestlebacks, Caputo relied on superior...
...Barack Obama. The Democratic establishment has fallen into line behind Clinton; a great many people are inspired by Obama; the media are preoccupied with the competition between the two. But Edwards is busy casting his own spell in Iowa, where he came from nowhere to a second-place finish in 2004, before joining John Kerry's ticket as the vice-presidential candidate. He is betting that early success in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina can slingshot him into contention in the 20 or so states that vote on Feb. 5. But in recent weeks, as his campaign pulled...