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...trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the province has raised the prospect of significant outside investment, but it has only deepened Baluch anxieties of alienation. China has already set about securing access to Baluchistan's other rich veins of resources: it owns a controlling interest in the massive gold and copper mine at Saindak and has steered the building of a $1 billion blue water port at Gwadar, mostly using Chinese labor. The growing hub of Gwadar, which Islamabad has slated to become a special economic zone, is not only a focal point of Chinese strategic interests in southwest...
...most of football season, Father James Baraniak wears his green vestment with gold lining when he performs Mass in Green Bay, Wis. And while it has nothing to do with the Packers' team colors - green is mandated by the Vatican - it is something of a holy coincidence, given the fact that he has been the Packers' chaplain for the past 13 years...
...ground, dead. It would be more than 2,000 years before the marathon would make its return, at the revival of the modern Olympic Games in Greece in 1896. In that event, 17 runners ran 40 km, or 24.8 miles, with Greek runner Spyridon Louis taking the gold medal with a time of 2 hr. 58 min. 50 sec. Inspired by the event's success, Boston inaugurated its race the next year; it is now the oldest annual marathon in the world. In 1908, the marathon course at the London Olympics ran from Windsor Castle to the royal...
...spending their own money rather than their employer's. The idea is a nonstarter, however, because organized labor has negotiated excellent health benefits for its members over the years and doesn't want to see them curbed. The unions are opposed to the next-best idea - a tax on gold-plated health-care plans, which would raise an estimated $28.7 billion per year - for similar reasons. It seems likely that union lobbyists will get that tax reduced, if not eliminated, in the next month's sausagemaking. And then what? Barack Obama's fate depends on the Democratic Party's willingness...
...Guinean government says it has signed a $7 billion agreement with a Chinese mining company, just one month after a massacre of protesters by government troops drew international condemnation. The unnamed firm will dig for diamonds, gold and bauxite and provide Guinea with much-needed revenue as it faces the prospect of economic isolation. The deal--which could give Guinea's $23 billion GDP a massive boost--puts China in direct competition with U.S. and Russian mining companies. China's trade interests in Africa have increased tenfold since...