Winners & Losers
Winners Russia: Overtakes Saudi Arabia as world’s largest oil producer. Moqtada al-Sadr: Britain’s pulldown in southern Iraq leaves no one but Sadr in charge. Choice: Plan B goes over the counter. Sri Lanka: After weeks of shortages and renewed fighting between the government and Tamil Tigers, aid finally arrives. McCain & Obama: Forget the midterms. ...
Winners
Winners
Russia: Overtakes Saudi Arabia as world’s largest oil producer.
Moqtada al-Sadr: Britain’s pulldown in southern Iraq leaves no one but Sadr in charge.
Choice: Plan B goes over the counter.
Sri Lanka: After weeks of shortages and renewed fighting between the government and Tamil Tigers, aid finally arrives.
McCain & Obama: Forget the midterms. Everyone’s talking about 2008. McCain lures former top State Dept hand Bob Zoellick to his team, and Obama wows ’em in Kenya.
Losers
Pluto: Many Very Earnest Men Just Snubbed Unfortunate Ninth Planet (Hat tip:
Tom Cruise: No longer Paramount’s Top Gun. You know you’re in trouble when even Hollywood thinks you’re weird.
Darfur: More rapes, more child soldiers, and it’s unlikely any blue helmets are on the way.
Cricket: The most genteel of games sparks a most ungentlemanly row.
Osama: Ex-girlfriend’s tell-all can’t help his image. Especially given the subject of his obsession.
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