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...general feeling is that all this talk on the referendum and the abolishment of Srpska is a bluff, but the stakes are getting higher every day," says a Sarajevo-based Western diplomat. "The real cause for concern is that nationalism seems to be the only game in town. No one is preaching tolerance - it just doesn't win any votes." The diplomat pointed out that Bosnia's poor state of economy, and high unemployment rate, are also a factor, providing fertile ground for populists and demagogues of all sorts. "It's much easier to play the blame game than...
...opportunity and wealth. But in the past few years it has also gained a reputation as a bully. George Okoth, 36, a manager in a newspaper printing plant in Nairobi, says Obama has reminded Kenyans of all the good the U.S. does. "Who hates America is not our concern," says Okoth, who journeyed to Kisumu to see Obama take his AIDS test. "We need to know what good has America done for us and what we can do for America...
...committee. Méhaignerie told the French daily Le Figaro that the government should not "take the risk of being subject to the slogan everything for the rich." Instead he suggested a big injection of funds into a bonus scheme for unemployed people who take jobs. His comments reflect concern among right-wing politicians, and not just in France, that fiddling with inheritance tax will play badly with voters still accustomed to associating the tax with the very rich. In Germany, for example, taxpayer lobbyists argue that the national inheritance-tax threshold should be raised significantly, or the tax abolished...
...serious trouble today," vs. 30% who said the problems we face are "no worse than at any other time in recent years." Only 5% said things are going "very well" in the country, vs. 47% who said "fairly well," 30% "fairly badly" and 17% "very badly." The No. 1 concern was the economy and jobs (20%), followed by terrorism (13%), the war in Iraq (11%) and high energy prices...
...truth is nothing in the House panel's report shocked anyone who's been watching the debate over how to handle Iran. What did concern some intelligence experts was ensuring that it not end up putting pressure on the spooks that might lead to the kind of intelligence fumble that preceded the war in Iraq...