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...Shell is a business, but we still have to cut deals with governments," said David J. Watson, commercial recruitment manager for Shell International. "Just saying 'we'd withdraw' is not such a simple option...
...tribes caught between the warring parties. The killing continues: moderate government officials, students, foreign diplomats and aid workers have all been targeted. In recent months, as fighting intensified in parts of the north and around the capital of Bujumbura, even battle-hardened Western relief groups have been forced to withdraw...
...universal."Movies: The White BalloonJafar Panahi's sweet little tale of a small Iranian girl looking for some lost money has become the victim of an international skirmish over the U.S.'s alleged efforts to destabilize Iran. The country's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has tried to withdraw the film from consideration for the best Foreign Language Oscar. In response, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it would not allow a film to be squeezed out because of politics, and The White Balloon remains eligible. All of this political maneuvering distracts from what...
...acquittal spectacles, many Americans have begun to assume that money simply buys justice. When combined with overall distrust and disappointment with the legislative and executive branches of government, such cynicism threatens to undermine the legitimacy of our political system. Even worse, it creates a vicious cycle of disillusionment--people withdraw from engaging with dysfunctional systems, which in turn become even less responsive as those dissatisfied with them entirely give up on changing or influencing them...
...Capitol Hill speech. They charged that after conducting six nuclear tests over the past six months, the announcement came far too late. "We return the insult with our insult," said Eleanor Holmes Norton, congressional delegate from the District of Columbia. House Republicans late Wednesday night blocked an effort to withdraw Chirac's invitation. But despite a last-minute effort to fill the seats with congressional staffers, the French President was left speaking to a half-empty gallery...