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...real chance to reclaim the governor's office next year in this Republican-controlled state. A recent bellwether for the 2006 elections was the surprisingly tight Congressional race earlier this month for an open House seat in a GOP-dominated southwestern district that the Republican candidate won by a narrow four-point margin. Ohio House Democratic Leader Chris Redfern told TIME before the sentencing: "If he's convicted and doesn't leave office, there certainly will be a drumbeat for his removal. I'm picking out my drumsticks." - with reporting by Christopher Maag/Cleveland
...deadly July 7 bombings in London exposed the Pope's desire to be heard on the topic of Islam. Within hours of the carnage, the Italian newswire ANSA reported that he intended to call the attack "anti-Christian." It seemed a harsh and narrow attribution, and indeed his actual statement replaced the term with "barbaric." Yet Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Sodano subsequently muddied the waters by saying that "anti-Christian" had been intended to suggest that the attacks were inconsistent with Christian values rather than aimed at Christian targets. That in turn led to a careful clarification by Benedict...
...private attorney, Roberts helped a local planning agency uphold regulations barring development around Lake Tahoe. But while working for the first Bush Administration, Roberts helped persuade the Supreme Court in two cases to narrow the grounds on which environmental groups could sue the Federal Government. What has the greens most worried is a dissent filed by Roberts on a request for a rehearing by a California real estate developer in a case involving the threatened arroyo toad, protected under the Endangered Species Act. Roberts argued that the plaintiffs should at least be granted a second hearing by the full court...
...Indeed, Deutsche Bank estimates that a 5% appreciation of the yuan would slice 5-10% off the profits of China-based textile and electronics exporters, because they have narrow margins and little power to adjust their prices. The pinch will also be felt by the many foreign companies operating mainland factories. Tony Cheng, a Taiwan businessman who runs a factory in Shenzhen making Christmas ornaments, calls the revaluation "a big blow...
...half an hour south to Tanna from Port Vila, the capital, come mainly to see the molten belching of Mt. Yasur, the island's live volcano, and rarely visit places like this, self-sufficient communities connected to the world beyond their borders by little more than a web of narrow walking tracks. Money isn't seen here much, either. While few Tannese villagers still favor the nambas or grass skirts seen in Ianapus, most still live the kastom way, following traditional codes and hierarchies that have survived 160 years of contact with the outside world. They are lucky...