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...responded to Obama's criticisms on Thursday: "Don't say Chávez is throwing stones," he said. "Obama already threw the first one." So while Saab says Latin pols like himself have "reasonably positive expectations" about Obama, they're "skeptical." But even if the U.S. doesn't give Saab a visa while Obama is President, a sufficient number of Latin Americans are likely to see enough change in gringo policy to soften their resentment toward the U.S. And if Obama is smart, he'll see that as a good start instead of an afterthought...
People on the outside shouting and banging on our door (we are on the first floor) confirmed that the building had indeed been hit. Within moments we threw on jackets and shoes, grabbed a previously prepared file containing our official documents and left our home. We ran across the street, gathering with the other residents in front of the gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency headquarters. Young wide-eyed children, wailing infants, men and women stood begging the guard to open the gate and allow them to take cover inside. The guard refused. "Go to the UNRWA...
...Germany The Financial Crisis Claims A Victim Adolf Merckle, a 74-year-old billionaire whose business empire included some of Germany's best-known cement and pharmaceutical companies, threw himself in front of a train on Jan. 5--driven to suicide, his family said, by the global financial crisis. Merckle had lost hundreds of millions of euros in a bad bet on Volkswagen shares, endangering the future of his companies as a result. A handful of other business leaders have taken their own life amid the recent economic downturn, including Kirk Stephenson, the London-based CEO of Olivant, who died...
Crushed by watching his life's work slip through his fingers, Adolf Merckle, the 74-year-old Swabian billionaire, walked out into the bitter cold Monday night and threw himself under a speeding train...
...midpoint of the frame, Landry received the puck in the right circle and slipped it past Martin to put Princeton ahead for good.Freshmen Julie Johnson and Charissa Stadnyk recorded assists on the play. “For the first five minutes after the goal, we kind of threw the puck around a little and let things get to us, but we calmed down after,” Martin said. “I was really proud of our effort in the third period, and I think we barreled right to the net.” The Crimson got several quality...