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...McCann argue that chimpanzees should never be kept privately, and the WCS supports the Captive Primate Safety Act, a bill pending in Congress that would ban the private selling of primates as pets. The bill has stalled since it was introduced in 2005, but the Stamford assault may well renew its debate. "This is a tragedy for the families involved, for the animal and for the community - but it's not a unique story," says McCann. "When humans keep wild animals as pets, they pose a danger, and more times than not it will end in tragedy...
...state power to annihilate any political dissent. In the last few years, apart from disrespecting contracts with foreign oil companies and eschewing American involvement in the region, Chávez has repeatedly attacked any media outlet that opposes his rule. Most notably, two years ago he refused to renew the broadcasting license of a TV station, RCTV, that he identified with the political opposition. With such dismal track record, the power of unlimited re-election would be tantamount to burying Venezuelan democracy forever...
...fact that Correa, love him or hate him, is not one of the obliging military strongmen or feckless oligarchs that used to run Ecuador, and that his anti-American agenda has been pretty clear since he won the presidency in 2006. He recently decided not to renew the U.S. lease at Ecuador's Manta air base (although, ironically, he said Saturday he would grant U.S. planes limited use of the base at Quito's discretion). Last year he defaulted on some $3 billion of Ecuador's $10 billion foreign debt, saying the loans had been contracted "immorally and illegitimately...
...President Obama seized on the dire numbers to renew his call for action on the stimulus bill that is currently bogged down in negotiations in the Senate. At an appearance to introduce his team of outside economic advisers, Obama said the job numbers signaled "an urgent and growing crisis" and called further delay on the stimulus bill "inexcusable." "If we fail to act," he said, "this crisis could become a catastrophe." (See the top 10 financial collapses...
Maybe Rachida Dati didn't rush back to work because she was scared of losing her job; maybe it was because she loved it. Who knows? But more and more often, I hear people talk about their jobs in a new way: "You have to renew your vows," as one friend puts it. Smart employers know that it works both ways...