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...thanks in large part to the Bush administration’s missile shield plan that would position radar in Czech territory and expose it to backlash from Russia. Obama’s hosts, meanwhile, have been supporters neither of his ascendancy nor his policies. Mirek Topolanek, whose successor as prime minister will be named today, just fired off his last political salvo in the capacity of leader of the Czech Republic’s term as president of the European Union, in which he denounced Obama’s economic policies as “the way to hell...
...tunnel, according to the two professors of economics who lead a discussion on “The Global Impacts of the Financial Crisis” yesterday afternoon. International Economics Professor Richard N. Cooper said he was surprised by the extent of the damage wrought by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. “I don’t know of anyone who foresaw the ramifications of the sub-prime crisis through the whole economic system,” he said. “At least until last July, I thought that we could avoid a recession in the United States...
...eyes sometimes hung heavy with dark sags. By the time he made it to Ankara, on Day 7, he was mocking his own illness, reveling in a sort of victory. "In London, I sounded like I had acorns up my nose," he reported, exiting the office of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Journalists in Swat speak of an atmosphere of fear in the valley; reporters say they are fearful of speaking out as well, afraid that they will be targeted by Taliban angry over the leak of the video. One journalist, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said, "We are the prime suspects." (Check out a story about Talibanistan...
Amid all the images of rubble and heartbreak from Italy's worst earthquake in decades, the nation's nickname, bel paese (beautiful country), strikes a bittersweet chord. On Tuesday, the aesthetic was one of both gloom and determination as the scale of destruction came more fully into focus. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received additional calls of condolences and offers of support from world leaders, though he made a point of stating that Italy was equipped to respond to the crisis on its own. Berlusconi said he got an offer of help from President Obama, and the Italian leader suggested that...