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To: Alighieri who wrote (615667)6/10/2011 9:45:10 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1579714
 
I am sorry to see Gates go......he's been an effective mouthpiece for Obama. One of the few Bush appointees I can admire.



To: Alighieri who wrote (615667)6/10/2011 9:47:19 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1579714
 
Syria: Middle East media ponder foreign intervention

As the Syrian authorities step up their efforts to quell protests in the country, newspapers in the region are divided over whether foreign intervention should be envisaged.

Some commentators question the purpose of attempts by France and Britain to pass a UN Security Council resolution condemning the violence, while others ponder the implications of events in Syria for their own countries.

One Turkish commentator hopes his country will not get sucked into a messy intervention, while another asks why the West is not applying the same principles to Syria as it did to Libya.

read more............

bbc.co.uk



To: Alighieri who wrote (615667)6/10/2011 10:24:24 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1579714
 
Blowback from conservative economic policies? Sure looks like it.

"Riley also said the U.K.'s triple-A rating could come under pressure in the scenario of stagflation--a period of high inflation and slow economic growth--and he reiterated that the U.K. rating could face pressure if there is any material change in the country's fiscal-consolidation program."

online.wsj.com