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...first real chance to reset America's relationship with the global community. And while there's a chance that Obama's foreign tour might be overshadowed by recession-related news at home - summit meetings aren't as juicy as excessive Wall Street bonuses - he'll at least be further afield than the Panama Canal, the site of the first foreign trip by a sitting U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt...
...Indulging in the same sort of speculation as the terrorism experts, I would say it's likely the attackers picked up their combat experience in Afghanistan. They could have come out of Iraq as well, but Mumbai seems a little far afield for Iraqis. Again, at this point none of this is certain. We may find out the killers were Hindu extremists, or Tamil separatists...
...talent. • Geographic Retrenchment Some financial firms that do have slots to fill this fall will cut back on the number of schools they visit. Rather than covering all corners of the country, some firms are focusing on a smaller core group of schools. That may hurt schools further afield that ordinarily benefit from companies casting a wide net. •Heightened Competition As the financial recruiting process slows, students who had planned on working in finance are competing more aggressively for consulting and other positions...
...Mongolian features and a language tonally similar to Mandarin, who traced their origins to 13th century Chinese sailors and call themselves Awatwa or "abandoned people." Given the fact that not only the white population, but also the black African population migrated to what is now South Africa from further afield, Chinese South Africans feel as rooted here as anyone else...
...meeting, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said their countries would work more closely together on energy and foreign policy. This dismayed U.S. officials, who have watched Chávez trade access to his country's vast oil supplies for influence in Central America and farther afield...