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...later Spanish voters tossed out the ruling party allied with the U.S. in the war in Iraq. Incoming Socialist Party Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who called the Iraq occupation a "fiasco," reiterated a campaign promise to pull Spain's 1,300 peacekeepers out of Iraq by June unless the U.N. takes over operations there. In Iraq insurgents attacked several hotels on the eve of the war's first anniversary, just when the U.S. hoped to talk up Iraq's successes. The bombings were believed to be the work of Islamic extremists eager to plunge the country into chaos...
There's a joke in the accounting trade that the difference between a wobbly grocery cart and a corporate auditor is that the cart has a mind of its own. Very funny, unless you had invested in MCI (formerly WorldCom), which recently announced that the pretax income it reported for 2000 and 2001 was just a tad off--$74.4 billion less than it had said, after writedowns and adjustments. Outside auditors have signed off on bogus earnings reports and balance sheets at companies from Rite Aid to Xerox. In some cases, auditors dealt with corporate brass intent on concealing thievery...
...state's responsibility to the public. Ironically, the only thing protecting Raffarin's job is the fact that high-profile Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy - whose record as a relentless crime fighter has made him the star of the government - is his only credible replacement. "Chirac won't fire Raffarin unless there's no other choice," says Duhamel. "Sarkozy's economic and social objectives would require far deeper reform and shrinking of the state than Raffarin's. He's precisely the man capable of driving millions more French voters into the arms of the Socialists." Given that, Chirac...
...It’s something we’ve been looking into,” McLoughlin said. “The Advocate is a really old organization and has a great history. I can’t imagine moving them unless they were given some other quality space...
...second game at the East Regional in Albany is only of passing interest to Crimson fans, unless Harvard manages to defeat Maine in the early game. In that case, Cambridge eyes will be glued to the outcome of the Ohio State-Wisconsin contest which starts at 8:30 p.m. and determines what team will face the Maine-Harvard winner...