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After an epic six-month primary battle, Senator Barack Obama, a Harvard Law School graduate, emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black nominee from a major political party...
...Franco-German alliance is almost impossible for the rest of the E.U. to overcome, particularly since France will take over the reins of the E.U.'s six-month presidency from July 1 this year. Barnier, a former E.U. commissioner, says that European agriculture has undergone enough reform over the past two decades: until 1992, agriculture expenditure represented nearly 61% of the E.U.'s budget, but by 2013 this will have almost halved to 32%. Barnier also argues for a "community preference" which would favor imports that meet E.U. environmental, hygiene or animal-welfare rules - although such a scheme would likely...
Passengers wringing their hands over delayed flights and lost baggage aren't the only problem plaguing airlines. A near collision on the tarmac at Dallas-Fort Worth airport on April 6 punctuated a six-month period that included 15 other runway "incursions" - a spike from eight during the same period the year before. With air traffic controllers having operated for more than 600 days without a new contract from the FAA, morale among them is at an all-time low, and with just 11,100 fully trained professionals serving the entire country - the smallest number in 16 years - a combination...
...first issued by the new chief investigator, Daniel Bellemare, a Canadian. Its contents were keenly awaited to see if he would be more forthcoming than his tight-lipped Belgian predecessor, Serge Brammertz. The original investigator, Detlev Mehlis, a German prosecutor, produced two sensational reports during his six-month tenure that read more like crime thrillers. A draft version of the first report in October 2005 even named four leading Syrian security officials as suspects. Mehlis also advised the Lebanese authorities to detain four top Lebanese generals who were close to Syria. They have been held without charge in a Beirut...
...figure it out. "I'm going to hold out hope that the system can fix this," he says, adding that the legislation has a powerful ally. "Sadr believes it's in his interest." Just a week ago, the leader of the Mahdi Army ordered a continuation of a six-month old ceasefire that has been key to recent security improvements in the capital. It's better for everyone if these power sharing arrangements can be negotiated in parliament than on the battlefield...