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...Ethiopians are no use. Coming from a majority Christian country and an old enemy, the Ethiopian soldiers must go - and fast. Most Somalis view their presence as an outrage, and they are a first, and very vulnerable, target in any gathering Islamist insurgency. Moreover, Ethiopia's successful invasion will have raised the hackles of regional rival Eritrea. The two sides have previously fought proxy wars in Somalia by backing rival warlords, and there is no reason why Eritrea would desist...
Manning's $98 million contract, which included a $34.5 million signing bonus, is another easy target. So is his birth into football royalty. While it's true that Peyton Manning has worked hard to hone his God-given talent, it doesn't hurt to have had a father like Archie Manning, the Ole Miss legend and New Orleans Saints standout quarterback. All the Manning boys are genetic freaks: younger brother Eli is a starting quarterback, though not an effective one for now, with the New York Giants, and older brother Cooper was slashing toward stardom before a spinal disorder ended...
...billion last year. "It used to be that the Gap dictated fashion, but now customers have so many resources, they dictate what they want and see if a store has it," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at the NPD Group. And they found what they wanted everywhere, from Target to Wal-Mart to Abercrombie & Fitch. The Gap may have invented cheap chic, but it steadily lost customers to stores that were cheaper, chicer or both...
...latest issue features "I Temporarily Returned from the Dead and Went to Caroline Kennedy's Wedding," by Aristotle Onassis. National Lampoon's parent company, curiously known as National Lampoon Inc., lost $750,000 last year. That makes it remarkable that the firm has become a takeover target. In the past two weeks three suitors have bid up to $11. 3 million...
...Chinese missile launched Jan. 11 from Xichang Space Center was aimed at the Feng Yun 1C, a Chinese meteorological satellite drifting 535 miles above the Earth. But the strike - which smashed the seven-year-old orbiter into a cloud of space flotsam - may also have been directed at a target closer at hand. Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province, has long been the object of the mainland's saber-rattling missile tests and amphibious-assault war games. The demonstration of an ability to destroy satellites in orbit - belatedly confirmed by Beijing this week - could mean China is ready...