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...global slump hasn't been the only bad omen for the launch of the Atlantis in Dubai. Only weeks before the resort welcomed its first paying guests with a soft opening in September, a fire caused by welders engulfed the hotel's lobby. That produced a public-relations nightmare of flames and smoke billowing from the site aspiring to become Dubai's next icon. Workmen managed to repair most of the damage in time, but then the Atlantis was hit by "Free Sammy" campaigners demanding the release from the aquarium of a 13 ft.-long whale shark on the grounds...
...It’s great having him back,” junior heavyweight Andrew Knapp says. “Everyone on the team looks up to him because of the way he wrestles. He never gives up on anything.”This gritty approach makes the soft-spoken grappler a terror for opponents, as all five foes in last weekend’s Binghamton Brute Open quickly discovered. In his highly anticipated return to action, the No. 4 wrestler in the nation dispatched the field with two falls and three decisions, leaving little doubt that Caputo has maintained...
...negative publicity is having an effect on both companies and individuals. Scott Eckern, artistic director of the California Musical Theatre in Sacramento, whose $1,000 donation was listed on ElectionTrack, chose to resign from his post this week to protect the theater from public criticism. Karger says a "soft boycott" his group had started against Bolthouse Farms - which gave $100,000 to Prop. 8 - was dropped after he reached a settlement with the company. Bolthouse Farms was to give an equal amount of money to gay rights political causes. The amount ultimately equaled...
...says Obama's task is more fundamental: redefine the Afghan strategy as part of an overhaul of U.S. global security policy, and one that gives credence to the 'soft power' of persuasion that Europe is more comfortable with. "Europeans need to feel the Afghan strategy can succeed," Asmus says. "And if the political will exists, then they will feel it is a worthwhile risk, and not just an effort to placate the Americans...
...Despite the bashing they had received in the campaign from John McCain for being soft on Russia, Obama and his advisers decided not to push back against Medvedev. They issued no statement on the record or on background about the Medvedev announcement. Instead, Obama politely returned Medvedev's congratulatory Nov. 8 phone call and laid out for his Russian counterpart his own view of the U.S.-Russia agenda. Aides say Obama and Medvedev discussed substantive issues in the call, but missile defense didn't come up. The Russian President responded positively to Obama's understated reaction. "The Russians were very...