The ‘Mr. Fix-It’ Factor
By Howard Fineman Newsweek Newsweek’s Howard Fineman says the candidates for America’s Republican Party primary are trying to push away from President Bush and are branding themselves as “Mr. Fix-Its.” …more
Month: March 2007
Chirac says he won’t run for a 3rd term in France
By Katrin Bennhold PARIS: President Jacques Chirac, 74, announced Sunday that after 12 years in the Élysée Palace he would not seek a third term, clearing the way for a new generation of French leaders to compete for the highest office….more
Schröder faults U.S. on missile shield
By Reuters DRESDEN: U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic are dangerous and absurd, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said Sunday….more
U.S. and Iran call Iraqi conference a ‘first step’
By Brian Knowlton WASHINGTON: Both U.S. and Iranian diplomats Sunday cautiously welcomed as an important “first step” the results of the regional meeting in Baghdad that brought a rare face-to-face encounter between the two sides…more
Not two countries, but one: Chimerica
By Niall Ferguson Chaos theory proposes that, by merely flapping its wings in the Amazonian jungle, a single butterfly can cause a hurricane in the Home Counties. That is because of the extraordinary complexity of the global climatic system: one tiny bit of turbulence in darkest Brazil can, under the right circumstances, trigger a kind […]