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...Oscar Night. As for Hudson, she choked back tears each time. Well, she's the new star in town, so emotion is forgivable. But, Jennifer dear, you're about to win an Oscar. The Academy may not even bother naming four other nominees in your category. So get a grip and give a speech...
...Black Sea. "We want to put an end to this!" says Khosbakht Yusifzadeh, slamming his fist on his desk. He is the aging first vice president of the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan and spent decades as a Soviet official. The country's best shot at breaking Russia's grip is BP's parallel gas pipeline, which in December began transporting gas from Azerbaijan's massive Caspian Sea gas field named Shah Deniz. "I see it now," says Yusifzadeh, looking at a wall map of the Caspian Sea in his office. "A photo of Shah Deniz with the caption: THIS...
...focus all of his attention on stemming the violence. "I'm affected personally by every murder that happens in this city. It's something that wears on me on a day-to-day basis," he said. The city has rolled out a handful of measures to help get a grip on the situation, including stepped-up police foot patrols and increased traffic checkpoints between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. But much more will be needed to beef up a cash-strapped judicial system and shorthanded police force, and to overcome deep-set systemic problems such as poverty...
...prospect of losing Katie was daunting. I knew there would be more pressure on me, and there is. I have to keep a firmer grip on the reins and give Meredith a grace period until she feels comfortable putting her own imprint on the show...
...Israeli leader's withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Gaza, thereby "dividing" the Holy Land. If anything, according to a new biography written by Uri Dan - an unabashed fan and friend of the stricken Israeli leader - he was continuing his life's work of trying to consolidate Israel's grip on as much of the Holy Land as possible, and he had no intention of giving up West Bank settlements. Dan writes that Sharon told him in September 2005, "Fortune-tellers claim to know that another disengagement is planned. Another lie. The withdrawal from Gaza is an isolated...