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...decisions and been forced to beg the government for money. But his case is a healthy reminder that even executive positions are tied to performance. Companies—and, in the case of firms that the government has bailed out, taxpayers—reserve the right to hire and fire even top-level management as they...
...Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has staked his political future on achieving a military victory over the Tigers, following the collapse of a 2002 cease-fire. The Tigers have been fighting since 1983 to establish a separate homeland in the island's ethnic Tamil-majority areas, a conflict that has claimed more than 70,000 lives. To capture Prabhakaran - dead or alive - would symbolize the successful conclusion of a military offensive that began late in 2006 but has since dragged, despite the capture of nearly every town under Tiger control. Rajapaksa had one message for the Tiger leadership - above all Prabhakaran...
...plans to test an intercontinental rocket. But on Sunday morning, North Korea launched it anyway - as it pledged to - saying the rocket bore nothing more than a communications satellite. With six U.S. cruisers equipped with Aegis anti-missile systems deployed in the region - to watch and gather intelligence, not fire on the rocket, Pentagon officials had said late last week - North Korea sent the Taepodong II rocket over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean. That, by itself, meant the launch for Pyongyang was a success: two years ago, an earlier version of the same long-range rocket broke up shortly...
...Kelly's constituency of Lurgan, 24 miles south of Belfast in County Armagh, is one of the few areas where dissident republicans have achieved a small measure of public support. This week, vehicles in Lurgan and Belfast were hijacked by masked men, and later abandoned and set on fire, triggering security alerts closed down main roads and forced the evacuation of nearby houses. "Most people thought this kind of thing was done and dusted," says Kelly. "But now they are taking different routes to work and avoiding certain areas. People are just waiting to see what happens...
...professor at Columbia University who has written extensively about Japanese politics. "He looks like a leader. Even though people are nervous about increasing the deficit, he's coming across as a leader who has a view on what to do." (Read "Sony's Woes: Japan's Iconic Brands Under Fire...