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...decision to support the ban should go a long way at the CITES meeting, but it doesn't ensure that the tuna will be protected under Appendix I. Any decision at CITES requires the vote of at least two-thirds of the represented countries, and while the European Union has voiced its support for the bluefin tuna, Japan remains very much against a trade ban. In the past - especially during the ongoing debate over commercial whaling - Tokyo hasn't been shy about using its generous foreign aid budget to leverage support from smaller countries. (See the top 10 most dangerous...
...between "This is" and "great." Then she'll make fun of one of her co-winners for not showing enough excitement onstage, since he's British. And when the guy in the booth starts to play music to drown her out, she'll call him out by name and union local number and tell him he can't do this to a fellow sound mixer. Then, even though I told her not to about 20 times, I'm pretty sure she'll thank...
...said the amphibious vessels - which can carry 15 helicopters or 70 armored vehicles - would have allowed Russia to complete its August 2008 invasion of Georgia in a matter of hours. Little wonder, then, that the deal has prompted deep concern among American defense officials as well as among European Union members like Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, which fear that the warships could one day be used against former Soviet satellites like themselves...
...Obama to Propose Limits on Big Banks,” while the Motley Fool, a website dedicated to financial issues, blurted, “Bank Regulation: Sometimes Populism is Justified.” But shortly thereafter, with all of the buzz surrounding Obama’s State of the Union address and the renewed concern about unemployment levels, the banks fell off the agenda and haven’t been heard about since...
During his State of the Union, Obama’s vow to veto any Congressional acts that didn’t measure up to his standards of “real reform” represented his descent into the populist trap; rather than articulating a clear ideology or outlining what “real reform” looks like, he simply promised to reject proposals offered by others. Obama’s plan to limit commercial bank activity represented an even more extensive use of populist rhetoric, and its populist nature is now revealed by the fact that...