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...would the leader of a rogue state the U.S. still lists as a sponsor of terrorism want to play do-gooder for a Western power? In large part to repay Sarkozy for the French leader's decision to reach out to Assad in 2008 with an invitation to France's Bastille Day events. Late last year, Sarkozy renewed that embrace with a visit to Damascus, and in January he sought Assad's help in ending the fighting in Gaza...
...find it on bookshelves in New York City, London, Singapore and Sydney. It's a sponsor of literary festivals in Ubud on Bali and Hay-on-Wye in Wales. And it's distributed in 250 Barnes & Noble stores across the U.S. The Asia Literary Review (ALR) - a slick, expensive-looking quarterly magazine of writing from and about Asia - has come far since its early print runs of just a few hundred copies, when it was so little known that it struggled to attract enough content...
...complicated competition that involves technology, training, psychology and doing stupid things to impress girls. Testing untrained, naked people on their natural ability would be pointless, though I am considering pitching it to Fox. The only reason Michael Phelps objects to the full-body suits is that his sponsor, Speedo, doesn't make one. Speedo, apparently, is committed to making the gonad-gripping suits that are yet another reason we left Europe...
...Sept. 5 - the first annual International Vulture Awareness Day - zoos and bird societies around the globe will sponsor educational tours and flight demonstrations to get the word out about the plight of the vultures. Unlike blue whales, polar bears and other beloved species in danger of extinction, it may be harder to rally folks to save these prickly feathered birds with bumpy, bald heads, portly physiques and a tendency to be knee-deep in rotting flesh. "People look at vultures and see an ugly bird," Aversa says. "We will try to change attitudes and raise awareness of these scavengers...
...items currently on the table with relation to the U.S. are removing Sudan as a State Sponsor of Terror, restoring diplomatic relations, and perhaps the end of sanctions. What are the responsibilities of Sudan to achieve these...