The fire pushed north on Monday into the heart of the City.

Telecom research centers and consortia have flocked to Texas, even from the Canadian telecommunications giant Nortel.

Ségolenè Royal has surged to the front of the pack of Socialists who aim to succeed Jacques Chirac as President of France.

There is little doubt that the US, like all great powers, has embarked on foolish wars and acted like a bully, especially toward nations in its own hemisphere.

Whatever America s motive, it later wisely decided to join the UN effort. The Bush administration s face saving rhetoric that it had rushed to push together the core group in the absence of other efforts was quietly let to pass.

Against this background, Rousseff s government was perhaps rash to decry the inflow of unwanted capital in recent years and to erect import barriers aimed at protecting domestic industry by hampering market competition.

He reported an incident that had occurred in January 2004 when he saw a group of bulldozers passing in the street. When people came out of their homes to find out where the bulldozers were heading, several other bulldozers drove in and destroyed 40 homes, without any warning.