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...meet Cal McAffrey (Crowe), star reporter and resident curmudgeon of the Washington Globe, as he's pursuing what seems to be the all-too-routine murder of a drug dealer. Another Globe staffer, perky bloggista Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), is digging for sexual dirt attending the relationship of a Capitol Hill researcher, dead in a train accident, to her boss, Congressman Stephen Collins (Affleck). Cal muscles in on Della's story because in college he was close to the budding politician - and even closer to Stephen's wife, Anne (Robin Wright Penn). As Cal and Della form an uneasy alliance...
...philosopher Isabel Dalhousie, as well as serial fiction works. In his talk, “How to Do Things with People who Aren’t: The Moral Responsibility of the Author,” McCall-Smith used examples from his work and life to illustrate the thorny relationship between an author and his readers. “[McCall-Smith] is a great writer who also has a background in law and medical ethics, and we wanted him to bring those disparate strands together in a philosophical reflection on his work,” Applbaum, the acting Director...
...Federico Estevez, a political analyst at the Mexico City's ITAM institute, said the cynicism of the press disguises a generally positive view of Obama in Mexico. "No one really expected major agreements to come out of this visit," he said. "It was about starting over again in bilateral relationship, getting a positive mood or tone going. Mexican people have now seen a U.S. leader who is more open to their concerns. He is generally well thought of here...
Nowhere is this bilateral relationship more apparent than in Tijuana, the busiest border crossing on the planet. A giant launching pad for migrants, center for U.S.-owned assembly plants and strategic front in the drug trade, the city of 1.6 million has long enjoyed the best and worst of living next door to the U.S. colossus. However, that relationship has soured in recent months with news of a bloody cartel turf war that has scared many Americans away from even stepping foot in Tijuana. (See pictures of Mexico's war on drugs...
...still held in the region. So far, there is little coordination between the various navies patrolling the area, which now include NATO, French, British, U.S., Chinese, South Korean, Singaporean and Russian navies. "Collaboration among countries takes time; it doesn't happen overnight. It takes time to build up the relationship, the trust," says Toong Kaleong, senior manager of operations and programs with the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia...