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Brilliantly put! Crying shame we don't strive to occupy positions of power. (I mean to make a real difference) Specially the helpless poor, the Cultured and the Educated. (educated as opposed to trained).
By the way; do you know why we don't get into power? We do not open doors for each other.. Too envious of each others brains. Whatever brains we have, we use it to undermine each.. .
Amid global financial instability: China-EU trade tensions intensify
During a three-day visit to China late last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Chinese leaders to arrive at currency rates that are harmonious and fair for the euro. He warned that China had an important role to play in not letting imbalances accumulate to a point where we wont know how to get out of them. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, however, rebuffed Sarkozy, saying that Beijing would only gradually reform its exchange regime. To ease the pain, Beijing agreed to a $12 billion deal for nuclear reactors with Frances state-owned Areva and placed a $14.8 billion order for 160 passenger jets from Airbus. The announcement came just days after Airbus CEO Thomas Enders warned that the falling dollar was a life-threatening issue for the company. This year, Beijing has reached an agreement with Airbus to manufacture A320 jets in China, giving the Franco-German giant a larger share in the fast growing Chinese market that used to be dominated by its US rival Boeing.
JAMES MORGAN and ALISON CAMPSIE
General Musharraf, who took power after a coup in 1999, had promised to become a civilian president this year. Now he says he had to impose emergency rule to prevent the country from slipping into anarchy. His leadership is threatened by an Islamic militant movement that has spread to the capital. In July, he ordered troops to storm the Red Mosque in Islamabad to crush a Taliban-style movement there. At least 105 people were killed and more than 800 died in a wave of militant attacks and suicide bombings that followed. They include an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto last month that killed 139 people. President Musharraf says he still plans to move to democracy, but critics say the emergency decree is an attempt to cling to power.
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