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...English clubs are so internationally dominant that they have filled three out of the four semifinal places in the last two seasons of UEFA's Champions League. That is something Blatter said Friday he's keen to "remedy", pointing to the English national team's failure to qualify for next month's European Championships as proof that the foreign presence in the Premier League is detrimental to English players. UEFA president Michel Platini has already questioned the loyalty of Premier League team's foreign owners, and suggested such overseas investors are damaging clubs' identity...
...civilians and the Naxalites themselves, and the conflict killed 837 people in 2007, enough to make it deadlier than the Kashmir conflict for the first time ever. "It's absolutely a growing threat," says Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi and a keen observer of the re-emergence of the Naxalites. "You can't escape that fact...
...million expansion to keep up with the growing demand among health-minded consumers for omega-3 fatty acids. But financing these ambitious plans may prove problematic, with Iceland mired in its first recession since 1992 and interest rates at 15.5% - the highest in Europe. "Our banks aren't so keen on lending right now," she says. "It's not a good time to chase money...
...with no British general election mandated for two more years, Cameron has little say about whether it's time for Brown to go. The Prime Minister's more immediate threat is from restless Labourites keen to vault the party out of the hapless political rut it has inhabited since Brown decided not to call snap elections last fall...
...decade at FORTUNE, energetically updates some of the biggest business stories of the past two decades. Warren Buffett, T. Boone Pickens Jr. and Henry Blodget, among others, get the close-up Nocera treatment, which uses their stories to explain the intricacies of business to readers. His smart writing and keen insight are a treat for those who find Steve Jobs a more compelling celebrity than Britney Spears...