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...devotes a page to the success of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and attributes that success to their being better at what they do than their rivals are [Aug. 3]. Yet nowhere does Fox explain what they do or how they contribute to the economic well-being of this nation. Is that because the constant cycle of consolidations and spin-offs does nothing but assuage the egos of CEOs and enrich the executives and employees of those two firms? Christopher Kane, GRASS VALLEY, CALIF...
...security forces moved to squash a five-day uprising by the militant Islamic group. Boko Haram members attacked police stations, churches, schools and private homes, killing nearly 800 people in an effort to overthrow the government and impose a stricter version of Islamic law in Africa's most populous nation. Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, seeking to maintain control of an increasingly volatile situation, ordered an investigation into Yusuf's death, which authorities claim occurred during an attempted escape. Human-rights groups say the leader may have been executed as an example to deter other militants...
...crimes, including bribery, fraud, money-laundering and obstruction of justice. Lieberman, head of the right-wing Yisrael Beitenu party and a polarizing figure who has been accused of racism toward Israeli Arabs, denied the allegations and said he would resign if indicted. The scandal may hurt him in a nation weary of corruption; similar accusations felled former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
...President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term on Aug. 5, Iran held a mass trial of more than 100 people (above), including a former Vice President and a Newsweek reporter, charging them with rioting, conspiring with foreign powers and trying to foment a revolution after the nation's June elections. Iran claims that many defendants admitted guilt, but critics say that the confessions were forced and that the trial is an attempt to quash the inevitable protests surrounding Ahmadinejad's swearing...
...over health-care reform. "White House Backs Away From Public Health Care Option," cried Politico.com. The New York Times led its story with a declaration that the Administration had "sent signals" that it was moving away from "its once-firm vision of a government organization to provide for the nation's 50 million uninsured and was now open to using nonprofit cooperatives instead." And the Drudge Report, predictably enough, was running a big photo of a white flag...