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...being seen as a major power broker in the first two years of her administration - Forbes has twice picked her as the world's most powerful woman - when the financial crisis hit, Merkel seemed to wilt, clueless as to how to respond. But now she is moving out in front again, showing that Germany is keen to play an active role in resolving international crises. Germany was quick to supply troops to fight pirates in the Gulf of Aden, and Merkel has been urging a cease-fire in Gaza and has taken the lead in European efforts to deflate...
PRINTED For the first time in its 157-year history, the New York Times printed a display advertisement on its front page. The color strip promoting CBS programming extended across the bottom of the Jan. 5 edition. Previously, cover ads were limited to text-only classifieds...
...Germany The Financial Crisis Claims A Victim Adolf Merckle, a 74-year-old billionaire whose business empire included some of Germany's best-known cement and pharmaceutical companies, threw himself in front of a train on Jan. 5--driven to suicide, his family said, by the global financial crisis. Merckle had lost hundreds of millions of euros in a bad bet on Volkswagen shares, endangering the future of his companies as a result. A handful of other business leaders have taken their own life amid the recent economic downturn, including Kirk Stephenson, the London-based CEO of Olivant, who died...
...advise churches facing closure after his own parish in Charlestown, Mass., was shut in 2004. Borré has been involved in the Boston vigils from the beginning and is leading their appeal before the Vatican Supreme Court. In the case of St. Stanislaus Kostka, he sat in his car in front of the bishop's house to hand-deliver the parishioners' letter of intent...
...Last night, Harvard (8-6) stormed into Conte Forum and grabbed a stunning 82-70 victory over No. 17 Boston College in front of 3,174 shocked fans, just three days after the Eagles upset then-No. 1 North Carolina...