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...immediate threat, though, is economic. Venezuela relies on oil and gas for 93% of its export revenues. López says Chávez is rushing the term-limits question to the polls again before the drop in oil prices hammers the economy and shrinks his checkbook. Inflation is more than 30%, and the country faces shortages of staples such as milk. Chávez insists his government has stored away reserves to cushion the looming pain and recently pledged that "even if the price of oil drops to zero," the social largesse will keep flowing...
...things she does well. So many of the goals that have been scored in the past week have been because of our speed, everybody working together—not just one individual effort. Sometimes it appears that way, but it’s [about] people being a threat, making a lot more space for someone like Sarah...
...harm's way, raising the potential death toll. Still, heat waves and drought set the table for wildfires, and temperatures in the worst-hit areas have been over 110°F (43°C) while humidity has bottomed out near zero. Climate change will continue to be a threat multiplier for forest fires. (See the top 10 green ideas...
...game before Friday’s game. “He’s our captain. He’s our leader, and we go as he goes,” Bulldog coach James Jones said. Morin’s teammate, senior forward Travis Pinick, is an equally capable threat. Also a second team All-Ivy selection, Pinick entered Friday averaging 9.4 points-per-game and 6.2 rebounds-per-game, good for fourth in the Ivy League. “That’s the strength of our team, our guys inside,” Jones said...
Colombia's Marxist guerrillas probably rue the day they kidnapped state legislator Sigifredo Lopez and his colleagues. Disguised as police agents, the rebels stormed a government building in the southern city of Cali in 2002, announced a bomb threat and then herded a dozen lawmakers, including Lopez, aboard a bus and drove them into the mountains. But the operation ended up in one of the ghastliest blunders of Colombia's four-decade-long civil war. In June 2007, guerrilla guards mistakenly thought they were under attack by the army and, in a panic, executed 11 of the hostages. Lopez alone...