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...front--especially as the Alberta oil sands and proposed Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline strengthen Canada's position as a prime energy supplier to the U.S. The irony is that Harper will be able to build on foundations laid by departing Canadian ambassador to the U.S. (and prospective Liberal rival) Frank McKenna, whose blunt style and experience as an ex-politician have raised Ottawa's profile in Congress. "He's significantly improved our game down here," says a senior embassy staff member...
...Lasseter, reviving Disney animation while maintaining Pixar's excellence will be quite a feat. The Burbank shop is a husk of the studio that made The Lion King in 1994. Hundreds of animators lost their jobs in the wake of duds like Atlantis. Rival studios like DreamWorks, meanwhile, created hot characters such as Shrek, worth millions in licensing revenue. And Disney all but ignored digital animation until recently...
...oath to protect the American people, and I am glad he is doing it. Gabe Grote Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. You quoted Dick Cheney, who said, "if you're calling Aunt Sadie in Paris, we're probably not really interested." How about listening in on what a political rival is up to or Time's next big story about the Administration? If there is no judicial oversight of eavesdropping, how can the President be prevented from using it for personal gain? Do the American people truly have that much trust in the Bush Administration after the lies about the reasons...
...than India's, and won't lose ground as both grow into world economic titans. According to his projections, China's economy will be easily the world's biggest by 2050, far ahead of the U.S., with India in third place at about half the size of its Asian rival. In the longer term, he thinks, China will also have the edge in income per head. In the short term, too, O'Neill sees the Chinese influencing Indian policy through their example of growth led by massive quantities of investment and booming low-cost exports. "The threat of China...
Crime may be down in New Orleans, but many of the city's bad guys seem to be turning up in Houston, which finds itself caught in the cross hairs of an apparent gang war between Hurricane Katrina evacuees from two rival housing projects. On Friday, Houston's newly formed Gang Murder Squad announced the arrest of eight men from New Orleans suspected in 11 murders in the Houston area over the past three months. "These guys are hooking up with friends and old rivalries are beginning again," Sgt. Brian Harris, a Gang Murder Squad investigator and the top detective...