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...come to. A recession brought on by “stagflation”—increasing interest rates and prices—would be similar though probably much worse than the recession of the 70s when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries started to seriously restrict supply...
...staff wrote that it is “absurd” to imagine that a group would restrict its leadership to members of a certain race or gender, as the Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship restricts its leadership to members of a certain religion...
Responsibility for that defeat will not lie with al Qaeda and its terrorist brethren. It will not lie with the Bush Administration for its overzealous interpretation of executive power. It will not lie with the members of Congress who passed legislation to restrict civil liberties. It will lie squarely on the shoulders of America’s citizens who witnessed the erosion of the liberties on which their country was founded—and did nothing...
...talks. Killer's Wrist Slapped THE NETHERLANDS Supporters of slain politician Pim Fortuyn expressed outrage at the 18-year jail sentence imposed on his assassin, Volkert van der Graaf; prosecutors said they would appeal for a life term. An outspoken, right-wing gay man who wanted to restrict immigration, Fortuyn has in death become an icon of modern Dutch life. Van der Graaf, who admitted shooting Fortuyn last May, might only serve 12 years. Political Crime Wave RUSSIA Sergei Yushenkov, a leading liberal Duma Deputy and critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot to death as he was entering...
...Lukoil negotiated multibillion- dollar contracts with Iraq to explore and produce oil as soon as sanctions were lifted. Lukoil has already threatened to impound tankers carrying Iraqi oil if their contracts are not honored. Clearly, it would not be in the best interest of the Iraqi people to restrict any firm from future auctions. So, both of these firms, despite American desires to punish them should be allowed to participate in future contract bidding. By extension the contracts already signed while Saddam was in power were not in the best interest of the Iraqi people either, since firms that abided...