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...idea of just how similar the attacks on Japan were in the 1980s to those launched at China today, take a read of these comments by Lee Iacocca, made when he was chief at Chrysler (before the Germans bought it, then dumped it). He wrote in his autobiography that "our economic struggle with the Japanese is critical to our future" but that "the field where this game is being played is not level." He complained that "their currency manipulation is enough to bring you to your knees." The solution, he determined, was to "replace free trade with fair trade...
...Thar Yar Wae, only three of the village's 369 buildings survived the storm. Still, residents feel lucky because no one died. Now they are waiting for government officials to come and talk about whether there are enough funds to help rebuild the school and nearby monasteries. But village chief Ohn Hwe already knows the answer. "There will not be enough money," he says. "There never...
...Cowen has the credentials for high office. A lawyer by trade, he served in five Cabinet posts, has a reputation for razor-sharp intelligence and is widely credited within Fianna Fail for having been the chief architect of the crafty election campaign that surprised pundits and gave Ahern his third successive term last year...
...residents of central Beirut loaded their children, their valuables and sometimes their maids into their cars and headed for the hills or for relatives in safer parts of town. Few expect the calm to last. The American-supported Lebanese government appears unwilling to give into conditions set by Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Syrian and Iranian backed opposition, for calling an end to the opposition's three-day siege of Beirut. Indeed, what began as a labor protest by unions demanding a wage hike is morphing into a regional confrontation with all sides refusing to back down...
...press conference, Carmen Marcos, chief coin curator for Spain's National Archaeology Museum, said that limited, preliminary evidence suggested that the pieces of eight recovered from the ship were minted in 1803 in the then-Spanish colony of Peru. "The coins show us that the ship had recently left the port of El Callao in Lima. Of that, there is no doubt," she said. Historical documents that Spain presented today show that the Mercedes left El Callao in April...