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...that dismal news and more explained why the downward spiral of global stock markets is expected to continue - including Wall Street's return to the sub-7,000-point level it last visited in 1997. Some stock market analysts believe the Dow could actually dip under its 5,000 mark of 1995 if things get worse. Billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett warned his investors over the weekend that "the economy will be in shambles throughout 2009 - and, for that matter, probably well beyond". Still, Buffet went on to note that despite that terrible economic outlook overall, it "does not tell...
...That one could cut both ways, says Vijay Padmanabhan, a visiting professor at the Cardozo School of Law and former counsel to the State Department on detainee issues. On one hand, it suggests that releasing dangerous people from Gitmo "poses some threat they could return to terrorist activity." On the other hand, the French court demonstrated that "other countries are unable to use evidence procured in Guantánamo, which may hamper, not help, our ability to detain people in the long run." Padmanabhan believes that "ultimately, the big picture here is Guantánamo is an unsustainable model...
...wearing thick fire gloves - untangled the aggressive baby vampire from the net, grabbing it carefully as it squealed and hissed madly, trying to bite its handlers through their gloves. The veterinarians applied a poisonous gel to the body of the captured vampire and released it, allowing the animal to return to its roost, where the other bats - up to dozens in the colony - would dutifully lick it clean, killing themselves in the process...
...fearful, I am fearless." - speaking about the threat of arrest and imprisonment during his first attempt to return from exile in 2007. Sharif was turned away. The Times, September 11, 2007. • "We want democracy and nothing else. I am here to play my role and also make my own efforts to rid the country of dictatorship." -on returning to Pakistan for good in Nov. 2007, USA Today...
...Status of Forces Agreement signed by the Maliki government and the Bush Administration last December. That agreement requires most U.S. combat troops to be off the streets of Iraq by this summer and all U.S. troops to have left the country by 2011. (See pictures of Basra's return to normality...