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...foreign oil, transition towards a green economy, invest in the nation's crumbling infrastructure, halt torture, close Guantanamo Bay, make the federal government transparent again, reduce global poverty, cut taxes, halt the war on science, expand health-care coverage, utilize diplomacy on a more regular basis, solve the immigration problem, make college more affordable, expand educational opportunities for minorities and low-income Americans, fix FEMA, fix the Department of the Interior, fix the Justice Department and fix the world. Like we said, guy's got a lot on his plate...
...Rwanda, that's a particular problem. In December an expert's panel report to the U.N. Security Council accused Rwanda of supplying weapons, uniforms and men to Nkunda's rebels. Rwanda's initial response to the allegations was an angry denial. "This report is a calculated move to shift blame away from the government of DRC [Congo] and the international community - both of whom have failed to resolve the conflict in the eastern DRC despite numerous bilateral, regional and international initiatives in the last 14 years," read a Rwandan government statement. Tuesday's invasion can be seen as a follow...
...Many employees are choosing to stay put. "Changing jobs right now is not on my mind," says Imran Sayeed, 30, a software engineer with Satyam. "The slowdown has impacted the job market, and I don't see any immediate problem with Satyam given the recent developments with the board." Some employees say they're staying out of loyalty to the company. "I can't deny that I'm in a dilemma," says D. Ramesh Krishnan, another software engineer. "I have been with Satyam for 10 years ... I feel a certain affiliation to the organization. But I also worry about...
...just the FDIC's fault," says Bert Ely, CEO of Ely & Co. "But it and other regulators are not moving fast enough to close problem banks and limit losses...
...Obama's envoy for Southwest Asia, said last year that the Afghan government "is weak; it is corrupt; it has a very thin leadership veneer." And it's not just the Americans. On Sunday NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer wrote in the Washington Post that "the basic problem in Afghanistan is not too much Taliban; it's too little good governance. Afghans need a government that deserves their loyalty and trust; when they have it, the oxygen will be sucked away from the insurgency...