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...aftermath of the war, some talked predictably tough. NATO promised there would be "no business as usual" with Moscow. "Georgia's infrastructure will be rebuilt," said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "Russia's reputation, that's another matter." But for all the bluster, some old questions naggingly asked themselves. When will politicians learn that if they promise to protect someone, they better mean it - or not make the promise? How far, precisely, from its present borders does Russia think that its vital national interests extend? And how in the years to come will an energy-anxious West live with...
Other young Denver delegates will also be busy keeping their networks linked in. Jason Rae, 21, of Rice Lake, Wis.--the party's youngest superdelegate, a co-chairman of the DNC Youth Council and a political-science student at Marquette University--says he has promised to call friends from the floor to "keep them in the process." It's the young wonk's version of holding up a cell phone at a rock concert so a far-away fan can listen...
...Vietnam The Mekong's Fatal Floods More than 160 people have died in northern Vietnam as a result of what is being called the worst flooding in a century. Two weeks of heavy rainfall swelled the Mekong River and its tributaries, causing mudslides and inundating homes and rice paddies throughout Southeast Asia. At certain points of the Mekong--a 2,700-mile (about 4,350 km) waterway that runs from China through Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam before reaching the South China Sea--water levels surged as far as 45 ft. (about 14 m) above the river's dry-season...
Appearing alongside Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari made a point of highlighting concessions made to his government by the U.S. "The U.S. negotiators indeed show a great deal of flexibility and understanding," said Zebari, who described the latest developments in protracted talks over the future status of American forces in Iraq...
...Zebari and Rice both acknowledged that the security agreement they're pursuing would include a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, which was demanded by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki but initially resisted by Washington. In what may be another reluctant U.S. concession to al-Maliki, Iraqi officials say the current draft agreement strips the immunity given to private security contractors working with the U.S. military and diplomatic staff. Rice said Thursday that the U.S. side considers the pending deal acceptable, effectively leaving final approval to the Iraqi government and the parliament, which must ratify...