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...Nonetheless, Weiss pointed to a number of strong efforts that bode well for his small squad. In addition to the sustained excellence of Harvard’s co-captains, rookie Steven Keith (125) completed an undefeated weekend despite moving up a weight class. The freshman earned a 12-2 major decision at 133 lbs. over Jeff Rotella...
...Nonetheless, many policymakers and analysts are worried. In late December, President Obama summoned the heads of the nation's largest banks to the White House to urge them to make more loans to small and medium-size businesses. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke too has mentioned in recent speeches the continued credit crunch as an economic concern. (See how Americans are spending...
...Chinese model of using all-out force against a budding opposition movement, as used in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, may not be as effective in the Islamic Republic of 2010. The two country's systems and societies have more differences than similarities. Yet the regime nonetheless appears intent on employing tactics normally reserved for foreign threats. On Dec. 28, the security forces for the first time fired directly into crowds of protesters as the Shi'ite Ashura religious commemoration turned into the biggest nationwide demonstration since unrest erupted after the disputed June 12 election. Hundreds of activists, students...
...border in 2010. But is there really a basis for concern? None as apparent as the popular grievances that existed in 1809 or 1909. But this is still Mexico; and while Spanish colonizers no longer oppress the country, and dictators like Porfirio Diaz aren't brutalizing campesinos, the country nonetheless is reeling from the worst criminal violence in its history and one of its hardest economic slumps. "We are very near a social crisis," José Narro, the director of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, said recently. "The conditions are there." (Will the world...
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict cannot carry out his mission if he is shielded from his faithful in a "zero risk" protection scheme. Still, even in praising the quick reaction of the pontiff's personal security detail, Lombardi told The Associated Press officials will nonetheless review the episode and "try to learn from experience...