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...this was "not acceptable to the MDC and the people of Zimbabwe." As far as Tsvangirai was concerned, that put the ball back in the hands of the African mediators: "We call upon the S.A.D.C. [the Southern African Development Community, who had mandated Mbeki to mediate] and the African Union, as guarantors to the political settlement, to use their collective wisdom to assist Zimbabwe in crafting a sustainable way forward for our country...
...mess did not begin with subprime mortgages. It started with Ronald Reagan and his myths of de-regulation - which have led to the false-fronted stores built from Karl Rove's architectural designs. The Republicans and their ideological ilk have peddled lies and we followed in lockstep. Dan Thompson, Union...
...recent years several states have quietly been remaking themselves into international financial players, on a scale unprecedented at least since the fall of the Soviet Union. Unlike the East bloc, however, the new state capitalists - China, Russia and the Persian Gulf states, primarily - have proven so successful that even before the crisis they caused world leaders to wonder if democratic capitalism might not be the best economic model after...
...Press that he was relieved not to have become the person who started World War III. As a U.S. Air Force major, Heyser flew the U-2 spy plane that took the famous pictures. Those photos prompted President John F. Kennedy to announce in October 1962 that the Soviet Union was building secret missile sites 90 miles (about 150 km) from Florida's coast. A tense standoff with the Soviets ensued. Heyser later won three Distinguished Flying Crosses and a Bronze Star...
Global competitiveness has been a buzzword in Washington, on college campuses, in union halls, in corporate boardrooms and in the media for decades. What is different in this new era is the scale and speed of the coming challenge, which will see hundreds of companies from developing countries charging at us relentlessly, from all sides, like a modern version of king of the hill. Are we ready...