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...alleged weapons programs represent an intolerable threat to U.S. interests. But if the inspection regime fails to deliver something approaching proof of Iraq's non-conventional weapons programs at the same time as North Korea flaunts its own nuclear capability, U.S. domestic disquiet over prioritizing an Iraq invasion may grow...
...critics as racial hypocrites who discovered rap only when white teens started listening to it: "Hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in Boston." It's Eminem's most political song, even if it is rooted in his bottomless sense of personal grievance, which seems to grow in direct proportion to his bank account. On Square Dance, he anticipated that Iraq would be next on America's target list long before it dominated the headlines: "When I say Hussein, you say Shady," he taunts, alluding to his nom de rap, Slim Shady. "F___in' assassins hijackin', Amtraks crashin...
Part of the problem is due to the nature of the beast. Sturgeon are ancient creatures that have swum the world's rivers and seas for millions of years. Clad in bony plates, they are fierce-looking fish that can grow to enormous lengths--measuring up to 20 ft. from snout to tail and weighing more than 2,500 lbs. But they mature slowly: some don't begin reproducing until they are 15 to 25 years old. When a female sturgeon does start ovulating, she can be quite valuable, producing over a million eggs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...
...economic boom can be found buried beneath the nearby ocean floor, where foreign oil companies have found at least 500 million bbl. of high-grade crude oil. Production has jumped from just 17,000 bbl. a day in 1996 to more than 220,000 bbl. a day, and could grow an additional 50% within three years. The oil boom has fueled fantastic economic growth--65% last year, down to an estimated 25% this year--and pushed annual per capita income from $800 seven years ago to more than $2,000 today. The bonanza in Equatorial Guinea is being repeated across...
...symbol of West Africa's volatility, "but it is not as dangerous as the Middle East," says George Ayittey, of the African Oil Policy Initiative Group, a lobbying group based in Washington. The National Intelligence Council, a Washington think tank, expects Africa's share of the U.S. market to grow from 15% today...