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...quit the country. At the Sulawesi gold-mine site, Dave Morrison has begun hiring contractors to complete facilities construction. Archipelago hopes to start digging next year. "Everyone is telling the truth from their own aspect," Morrison says of the controversy surrounding the mine. "I'm confident that things will move forward." If Indonesia's leaders did more to reinforce that confidence, perhaps the country's promise, like its gold, won't always seem out of reach...
Though the OMP paid market prices for the homes and businesses it acquired and assisted residents with relocation, the area's 28 remaining homeowners are refusing to move--and seething at the plan's champion, Chicago mayor Richard Daley. "The city's pitch was, We're going to take your home one way or another," says Joseph Karaganis, Bensenville's attorney. "Sell voluntarily, or we'll take you to court to condemn your property." Daley, says 25-year resident Roberta Baird, "is like the bully on the playground who wants all the toys...
...occasional host of a TV cooking show violated a conflict-of-interest article in the Thai constitution that prohibits the Prime Minister from having a job outside of official duties. Yet just as soon as Samak was removed, his party declared its intention to renominate him, a move likely to perpetuate Thailand's political unrest. Samak's detractors allege he is merely a proxy for exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, removed in a military coup...
Will critics of bias be satisfied? No. There's too much incentive to move the goalposts. Thus McCain surrogates took one case of gender bias--Palin's being asked if she could be both a VP and a mom--and extrapolated from it that questioning her experience must also be sexist. And they also blamed the media for a feeding frenzy over Bristol Palin's pregnancy, when in fact the story had emerged much like John Edwards' affair: mainstream media aired it after the principals volunteered it, pushed by rumors on blogs. It's easy to run against the media...
...Know By Jessica Simpson; available now With its pat narratives, modern country excels at masking a lack of depth with a high gloss of feeling. So, good career move! Simpson navigates her twangy debut without incident until Dolly Parton shows up for a duet, clears her throat and reminds us to stop grading on a curve...