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China is the most obvious example. But there's also Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors, overflowing again with oil wealth. Even Japan, while not exactly booming, has seen its currency remain curiously weak during the dollar's long fall...
Though they have fewer representatives in parliament, the opposition was able to delay the presidential vote because Lebanon's sectarian political system has a series of checks and balances that keeps governments weak and any one religious group from holding too much power. Thus, major official positions such as the president (who must be Christian), the prime minister (who must be Sunni Muslim) and the speaker of parliament (who must be Shi'a Muslim) are usually chosen by a process that includes both elections and negotiation. The idea is to have national consensus and avoid the kind of disputes that...
...Friday, Mattel's executive vice president for worldwide operations, Thomas Debrowski, met with the Chinese product safety chief Li Changjiang, to apologize for the company's own weak safety controls. "Our reputation has been damaged lately by these recalls," Mr. Debrowski told Li. "And Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologizes personally to you, the Chinese people, and all of our customers who received the toys...
...Crimson’s only sack and its only interception at Holy Cross. He’s joined in the middle of the field by fellow junior Eric Schultz, Harvard’s leading tackler a year ago, and new starter Matthew Thomas, who takes over on the weak side for former captain Ryan Tully ’07. Special Teams Though he entered the season on pace to become the second most prolific scorer in Harvard history, senior Matt Schindel (left) now only has duties as the punter after sophomore Patrick Long took over sole kickoff and placekicking duties...
...prefers a President who will continue to uphold Lebanon's independence from Syria and will seek to implement U.N. resolutions calling for the disarming of Hizballah, regarded by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. On the other hand, Syria, and its ally Iran, seem to be angling for a weak President who will not challenge Hizballah's armed status and who will oversee the formation of a new coalition government in which the opposition has a greater...