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Third, there's no guarantee that financial entities will be willing to sell assets at fire-sale prices. With the federal government and Federal Reserve offering bailouts, many don't have guns pointed at their heads forcing them to pull the trigger on distressed assets...
...Organizing the diplomatic effort wasn't easy either. Pakistani authorities, like those in other countries, require alpinists to pay for their rescue up front, and it took several days to pull the money together. Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero called his Pakistani counterpart to ask for assistance with the rescue, but it took some time before the wheels were in motion. On Aug. 11, Peña Guara released a press statement saying the efforts were slow and complicated, and calling the situation desperate. "The Pakistanis were working on it, but there...
...renowned American alpinist who might have been Pérez's greatest hope. Fabrizio Zangrilli, 36, was in the area because he recently finished guiding a climb of K2. "Fabrizio is so acclimatized, and his skill set is so high, that he's probably the only guy situated to pull this off," says Jordan Campbell, spokesman for Marmot Mountain Works, an outdoor-equipment company that sponsors Zangrilli. "He's going to have to climb light and fast and maybe carry Pérez over his shoulder to get him down. But he's done it before...
...Spanish. Over the past few days, it has been the front page of most of the national papers, and headlines Thursday announced that Secretary of State for Sports Jaime Lissavetsky was "optimistic" that Pérez would be saved within 48 hours. But everyone remains tense. "If we pull this rescue off," says Peña Guara's Uriel, "it'll be a milestone in the history of climbing." Sadly for all concerned, it doesn't look as if that milestone will be attained...
...track has great significance to Australians as it was the scene of some of the most ferocious fighting of the Second World War between Australian and Japanese forces. Australian troops eventually prevailed, forcing the Japanese to pull back and abandon plans to launch further attacks on allied bases and the Australian mainland. Yesterday tributes poured in from around the nation for those killed in the crash, with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who walked the track in 2006, saying in a statement published in Australian newspapers that Kokoda evokes the memory of the thousands of young Australians who gave their...