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...there are signs that Khamenei may try to rein in Ahmadinejad before he causes more trouble. An editorial in Jomhouri Eslami, a daily that reflects the views of the Supreme Leader, blasted the President for dismissing U.N. sanctions against Iran as a "piece of torn paper." A paper by the Majlis foreign-affairs committee reportedly warned about the negative economic impact of further sanctions and urged that "everything be done"--apart from sacrificing national honor--to head them...
...programming served up with more than a dash of fire breathing, but in Britain, television and partisanship don't mix. A few Bill O'Reilly lites and Stephen Colbert wannabes occupy late-night slots on the BBC and the country's commercial networks, but their employers are quick to rein them in if they stray too far from properly milquetoast commentary. That's in part to avoid censure from Ofcom, the independent regulator charged with ensuring that on-air political programming stays ideology free...
...biggest challenge is bridging the country's epic gap between rich and poor. Almost half of Mexico's population lives in poverty--a big reason that so many are flooding the border to work in the U.S. Keeping more Mexicans at home will almost certainly require Calderón to rein in, if not break up, the entrenched monopolies that suck vital investment from small and medium-size businesses...
...about it,” she said, “I was focused on my own game.” Three others players competed for the Crimson. Junior Supriya Balsekar advanced to the quarterfinals with victories over Penn’s Radhika Ahluwalia and Princeton’s Claire Rein-Weston before falling to Reddy in four games. Junior Jennifer Blumberg defeated the Tigers’ Casey Riley but lost to Lange in the Round of 16. And senior Audrey Duboc, recently recovered from the flu, edged Williams’ Toby Eyre in five games in the opening round...
...country famously assumed to be authoritarian, like China, you might think such repeated investment of personal authority by a top leader would produce rapid results. Not so. In fact, central- government efforts to rein in local authorities have been not only ignored but also actively blocked. Last October Beijing announced that it was delaying until 2010 a plan that would have forced the closure of thousands of small mines, which account for the majority of accidents. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the plan foundered because of opposition from local governments, which see mines as their "major capital sources...