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...members of the final clubs contacted claimed that they did not remember the incident, or that the abuse was not as rampant as described...
...June 30, just weeks from today. Mired in the paranoia of an election year, this deadline ensures ample time to dissociate his presidency from the ongoing violence and volatile events on the ground. The president will be able to blame the mess—the suicide bombings, random violence, rampant unemployment and poor social services that plague the country—on the Iraqi administrators nominally in charge, rather than take responsibility for his unimpressive reconstruction policy...
...Development Bank in Beijing. "It's not like exports to China are going to crash. China will continue to grow at a significant rate" of 8.3% this year and 8.2% in 2005, he estimates. But that's not to say that some overheated sectors in which investment has been rampant will not suffer. Beijing has targeted a number of industries-among them aluminum, autos, construction supplies, real estate, steel and textiles-for special restrictions. Among other measures, the government is discouraging new projects by withholding necessary approvals, threatening punishment to those who ignore a prohibition on converting agricultural land...
...Olympics represent the grandest of stages. Wouldn’t it be fantastic for a little country to upset the U.S. on the court? For a bunch of 6’2 or 6’3 guards to run rampant over the NBA All-Stars? It would be like Harvard defeating North Carolina in college basketball. Only instead of a small school basking in five-minutes of glory, an entire nation would rejoice. It’d be fantastic to see, particularly for a war-torn country like Croatia...
...growth and overinvestment in some economic pockets, such as construction and steel manufacturing. He promised "resolute" measures to curtail profligacy. Indeed, Beijing has already made some moves. Regulators have increased banks' reserve requirements, reducing the amount of cash available for loans, and the central government is trying to curb rampant unauthorized development by local governments, promising punishment for those who ignore stop signs. Late last month, several Communist Party officials and a Bank of China manager were fired after they bypassed normal procedures to get loans for a steel plant in Jiangsu province...