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...looking for any excuse to break up the marriage. The final straw appears to have been Gusenbauer's promise, in a letter to a mass-market tabloid, that the Social Democrats would not approve any future E.U. treaty amendments without a popular referendum, a measure that the pro-E.U. conservatives said they could not accept. The latest polls say that a paltry 15% of Austrians want to see another grand coalition after this month's vote...
...help alleviate the crisis, the U.S. shipped some 30,000 metric tons of wheat to the struggling nation in 1999--and continued to do so until 2005. But rather than simply handing over the wheat to produce the low-cost noodles, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) contracted with a fledgling nongovernmental organization called International Relief & Development (IRD) to create a pioneering food-aid program using a business model that has since become a template for projects in Cambodia, Niger and Sri Lanka...
Both backers and critics of Chavez say the radical left-wing Venezuelan President is tacitly on trial himself. It's no secret that Chavez, who controls the hemisphere's largest oil reserves, lavishes billions of dollars in foreign aid on allies to promote his anti-U.S. Bolivarian Revolution. Foes have long groused that his largesse can also be as shadowy as the covert U.S. operations Chavez accuses agencies like the CIA of perpetrating. They contend that he has funneled cash to leftist candidates in presidential races from Bolivia to Mexico, and that he has helped fund Marxist guerrillas like...
...general, Schmidt plays against type. While he can deliver a political attack on television like a sledgehammer, he is just as likely to type e-mails that seem written by a 16-year-old: "How r u." Or he will answer the phone like a surfer kid: "Hey, dude." He will talk a lot about his fascination with sharks and his fear of rattlesnakes, the pests that surround his California home and once bit his dog. No single quote has upset him more over the years than the claim that he shouted "Kill! Kill! Kill!" as he worked...
...Gratit-E.U.-de Europe's frustration with creating a binding narrative reminds me of another group of diverse people who couldn't agree on much - Canadians [Aug. 11]. Much like the E.U., Canada has constituents who pull it in different directions, wary of quick action or consolidation by any one group. I believe the heart of Canadian goodness can be found in the checks and balances that result from this interplay. I would encourage the E.U. to appreciate what it has - a collection of peacefully co-existing cultures possessing a collective voice with which to speak to the world...