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...indeed incapacitated, dying or already dead, what might that that mean for the Korean Peninsula, for 60 years now one of the most heavily militarized neighborhoods on the planet? Korea watchers insist his demise is unlikely to mean the collapse of the North Korean regime, at least in the short run. Regime change is something the North's border mates most emphatically do not want to see. As the analysts at Control Risks Group in London put it, Pyongyang's "brutal authoritarianism may be repugnant, but its unraveling would raise questions the North's neighbors would much rather postpone...
...Obama campaign has placed an emphasis on expanding the electoral map. They say they will have staff in all 50 states, even if those states are not even remotely in play. In Texas, where McCain leads Obama by 11 percentage points, they already have 15 paid staff, which they insist is an investment for the future. "We certainly don't think it's a waste of money to be there," Hildebrand says, "There's a potential House seat we could pick up there and there's a real shot at winning back the State Senate this fall. With redistricting coming...
...indeed incapacitated, dying or already dead, what might that that mean for Korean Peninsula, for 60 years now one of the most heavily militarized neighborhoods on the planet? Analysts and government sources insist his demise is unlikely to mean the collapse of the North Korean regime, at least in the short run - something which the North's two closest neighbors most emphatically do not want to see. As the analysts at the Control Risks Group say, "the regime's brutal authoritarianism may be repugnant, but its unraveling would raise questions the North's neighbors would much rather postpone." Neither China...
...Energy Bill approved by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush in December that included language paving the way for the loan guarantees. "We are encouraging Congress to take this up now," says John Bozzella, vice president of external affairs and public policy for Chrysler. Auto company spokespeople insist that they're not asking for a bailout. "These are direct loans that we have to pay back," explains Ford spokesman Mike Moran. "Direct loans to automakers and suppliers will support American workers and strengthen the future of U.S. manufacturing and the economy. Borrowing capital at a lower cost than...
...Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newberry - and that he wasn't aware of its contents. But Maria del Lujan Telpuk, the agent who stopped Antonini inside Newberry's VIP sector, says he became visibly nervous when she asked him to open the bag. "I had to insist," says Telpuk, who recalls the dollar bills "literally spilling out" when Antonini unzipped it. (Telpuk, 28, has since parlayed her new fame and good looks onto the cover of the Argentine edition of Playboy magazine - holding a suitcase beneath the caption "Corruption Undressed...