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...enough free publicity to achieve its goal of lining up popular figures against a currency that over 50% of Britons say they would vote against. If the campaign helps preserve that opposition, Tony Blair's march toward a euro referendum could turn into a double-time retreat. THE BOURSE Zero Sum Game? General Motors and Ford reintroduced 0% loans to keep cars selling. But with incentives already averaging over $2,000 a vehicle, it's difficult to see how they'll make money on the deal. The End Of The Quest Qwest, which filed for bankruptcy in May, began switching...
America’s national museum gave summer tourists a disappointing and strange sight of the Ground Zero flag in what could have been an emotionally charged and thought-provoking exhibit. Instead, the curators seemed to think that the flag and a collection of photographs of the World Trade Center would be better left in a foyer of the Arts and Industries Building, one of the Smithsonian’s most run-down and out-dated spaces...
...Ground Zero flag itself was nonchalantly tacked above a large screen television—oddly enough in a cheap wood hutch—that was showing documentary footage from Sept. 11. There was no particular lighting, soundproofing or any other vestiges of a professional show. Even the guest book appeared to have been some cheap afterthought...
...Haaretz sees Israel's multibillion dollar budget deficit and zero growth as the "price of the occupation." An editorial warns, "While the developed world, and particularly the United States, is showing clear signs of recovery, Israel is sinking deeper and deeper into recession. In the absence of any political horizon to the conflict, which would include an end of the occupation, this decline is liable to become permanent." Things look even worse on the Palestinian side. The BBC reports that a meeting of international donors in Oslo agreed to provide $1.2 billion in aid to rebuild Palestinian infrastructure destroyed...
...Duterte's zero tolerance?for both crime and the judicial system?that resonates. "They can't rely on the justice system, so they rely on Duterte," says former Misamis Oriental Governor Homobono Adaza. Looking to exploit Duterte's appeal, former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada both asked him to take national posts. And Duterte's way is spreading. Presidential adviser Jesus Dureza, who has known him since high school, says voters in other cities also crave Duterte-type security. Copycat vigilante killings have cropped up in Digos City to the south and Cagayan de Oro to the north. Locally...