If Barack Obama is Supposedly Inexperienced in the Art of Leading the Free World, Why is the Bush Administration Following His Suggestions in War, Foreign Policy

If Barack Obama is Supposedly Inexperienced in the Art of Leading the Free World, Why is the Bush Administration Following His Suggestions in War, Foreign Policy 07-16-08 11:40 A GMT-08 The Bush administration is finally beginning to wise up about some of their war and foreign policy. They are sending troops (in planes) or munitions over the border into Pakistan after high value targets or Taliban and tribal militia who are attacking Afghan or NATO forces on Afghanistan’s side of the border. F

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DrumBeat: July 16, 2008

Oil tumbles again; prices fall over $10 in 2 days NEW YORK - Oil prices have settled sharply lower for the second straight day, capping a dizzying drop that has left crude more than $10 cheaper in just two days of frenzied trading. Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell $4.14 to settle at $134.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after earlier sinking as low as $132. The drop follows a $6.44 sell-off Tuesday, meaning prices have plummeted over $10 since Monday. [break] P

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Kuwait’s Global raises $500 mln in London offer

Kuwait’s Global raises $500 mln in London offer July 16th, 2008 KUWAIT, July 16 (Reuters) - Kuwait’s Global Investment House(GLOB.KW: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Wednesday it had raised $500 million in aninitial public offering for a private equity fund to be listedin London. Kuwait’s largest investment bank by market value, said in astatement it had sold about 252 million shares at 100 pence ($2)per share to European and Middle Eastern investors. The offerprice represente

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How do Old Europeans, New Europeans, Americans and Australians balance life and work?

3,5 weeks for me was maybe slightly to long to take a vacation, but I for my honenymoon it was really great. This is something we in the Netherlands, and in other European countries, are lucky enough to be able to do. Yeah, in Holland the standard minimum is to get 25 vacation days a year based on 40 hours work per week, as many sick days as you need to be really sick and some companies add 5 - 10 more days for their most dedicated team members. And some companies also register overwork, makin

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THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. US-Presidential Election 2008 Barack Obama, winning more than 2206 delegates (including 441 superdelegates) has succeeded to clinch the Democratic Presidential nomination, required 2118 delegates to claim victory, and declared ‘tonight I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States’, while Clinton signaled that she may be willing to become Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee if it helps Democratic Party to

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THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. US-Presidential Election 2008 Barack Obama, winning more than 2206 delegates (including 441 superdelegates) has succeeded to clinch the Democratic Presidential nomination, required 2118 delegates to claim victory, and declared ‘tonight I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States’, while Clinton signaled that she may be willing to become Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee if it helps Democratic Party to

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Home Run Derby Live Blog [Home Run Derby]

Eight guys with bats. One Berman. And Three Doors Down, for some reason. It’s a Home Run Derby live blog, Charlie Brown. Please adorn your Chan Ho Park faces (for safety reasons) before entering the dinger zone after the Gordon Jump. ————————————————————————————————————————— 10:50 — The reality that Josh Hamilton might not win this Derby is hard to take, especially since the fans and media are going cold turkey. THAT’S RIGHT, PLAY THE ROCKY THEME SONG. 10:48 — Unsure if Hamilton had any stre

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Why Employ European Union Workers?

Why Employ European Union Workers? Posted in July 14th, 2008 Category:Careers Employment Passport controls have been abolished for the largest part member states, and custom checks were also abolished at numerous of the EUs internal borders, creating to various extent a only space of mobility for EU citizens to live, travel, work and invest. Poland and Latvia currently have the lowest normal of living and Turkey, Croatia, Albania, [...]

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THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. US-Presidential Election 2008 Barack Obama, winning more than 2206 delegates (including 441 superdelegates) has succeeded to clinch the Democratic Presidential nomination, required 2118 delegates to claim victory, and declared ‘tonight I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States’, while Clinton signaled that she may be willing to become Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee if it helps Democratic Party to

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13 “Good News” Storys Out Of Iraq For 7/09 - 7/11 2008

13 “Good News” Storys Out Of Iraq For 7/09 - 7/11 2008 July 12th, 2008 Two New Refinery Deals Close Baghdad, 11 July 2008 (AP) Iraq Updates Iraq’s Oil Ministry said Thursday that it is close to signing contracts to build two new oil refineries in southern Iraq. The ministry is expected to sign one contract for a 300,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Nasiriyah province by the end of July or early August, a senior oil official said. The official said the ministry was studying proposals present

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