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...speech in the City. Labour says the recovery is due to the government's lead in global efforts to stabilize the banking system and its $30 billion of fiscal stimulus and argues that stimulus spending must continue. Conservatives, however, propose swifter action to reduce Britain's borrowing. That view has been bolstered over recent weeks with the world's three biggest credit-rating agencies raising concerns that the scale of debt puts Britain at significant risk of default. That might seem to raise the mortifying prospect of another British Prime Minister going cap in hand to the IMF. Ironically...
...Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, felt an unalloyed loathing for the abusers, his view on how they should be treated was more complicated. Some years before, as head of the Vatican body investigating abuse by priests, he argued that accused clergymen should not be handed over to secular authorities. Rather, he wrote confidentially to bishops around the world in 2001, they should first be investigated under utmost secrecy within the church - thereby avoiding public hysteria and second-guessing by the media. (See pictures of President Obama meeting Pope Benedict...
...takes time for so many countries with so much history - and past conflict - to be able to speak with one foreign policy voice. Perhaps they never will. But one thing is certain: Europeans have learned that to live together peacefully, many points of view need to co-exist. That may be interpreted as presenting a less-than-robust political presence on the world's stage, but, in my opinion, it shows the richness that makes up the European identity, which is plainly prominent on the world stage...
Francesco Lojacono, Amsterdam Simon Robinson's view of Europe is very depressing, because of its lucid accuracy. In these modern times it is hard to see Europe as a united global power. It was not always like that. There were times when Europe was united (the Roman Empire), powerful (colonial expansion) and wise (the Renaissance). What happened? (Read: "Why France is Selling Warships to Russia...
Last November Eikenberry, who leads U.S. diplomatic efforts in the country, penned a cable complaining that Karzai was "not an adequate strategic partner" in part because of the corruption in his government and his decision to "shun responsibility" for Afghan governance and development. Asked if this was the current view of the Obama Administration in a briefing during the flight to Afghanistan, National Security Advisor James Jones did not answer directly, though he said that there had been improvements in the relationship. "He is our partner," Jones said. "We are seeing encouraging signs that things are moving in a positive...