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...That perception helped to finish Blair. Now, as rival commentators battle to define the legacy of his decade in power, Campbell has joined the argument with characteristic force. Not for him the equivocation of a modern history, the introspection of an autobiography: this week, with a resounding thud, Campbell dropped The Blair Years, his voluminous personal diaries, into the middle of the debate...
...this job, you must have very strong credibility, incontestable experience, and be a polyglot, and he's got those qualities," Sarkozy told the Journal du Dimanche of his reasons for by nominating a political rival for the IMF job. "He strikes me as the most qualified for the job, (and) we have the same vision for how the IMF should operate...
...Still, detractors see the appointment as designed to increase discord among the Socialists. Many in the party had seen DSK, beaten in the party's primary, as the rival best-placed to defeat the vanquished presidential candidate, Segolene Royal, in her push to take over the party's leadership...
...According to a senior Hamas official, that deal fell at the first hurdle: Israel refused to release only a handful of the prisoners on the Hamas list. Negotiations simmered until June, when Hamas seized control of Gaza from rival Fatah militiamen, and talks were broken off. Now, Israel is debating the possibility of freeing around 400 prisoners, including some on Hamas' top 100 list who are deemed unlikely to terrorize Israel again...
...rival commentators battle to define the legacy of Blair's more than a decade in power (he left office on June 27), Campbell has joined the argument with characteristic force. Not for him the equivocation of a modern history or the introspection of an autobiography: on Monday, July 9, with a resounding thud, Campbell lobs The Blair Years, his voluminous personal diaries, into the middle of the debate...