Bill Clinton

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Quiz: "sticking point" or "sticking plaster"?

The main ___ for the Republicans in the debt debate with Obama is what it’s always been: tax increases.

A tribute to a diplomat: Richard Holbrooke Photo: D. Straus

A diplomat with a mission

Richard Holbrooke died in Washington yesterday at the age of 69. Even though Maja Sirola did not know him personally, she deeply admired him for what is regarded as probably his greatest achievement: the end of the war in Bosnia.

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Soldiers are highly qualified. Photo: U.S. DOD

Military expertise needed

US: Soldiers returning from Iraq may be highly skilled and highly disciplined, but they are finding it hard to get civilian jobs back home. They feel they don’t have the skills necessary for today's modern workplace. But they are wrong.

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Waiting for your flight: a good time to network

Travel talk

BUSINESS TRIPS: If your job involves a lot of travel, it may seem as if you’re wasting time in airports and airport lounges. Yet seasoned business travellers use the time before and during flights to make valuable contacts.

beinhalten, mit sich bringen

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Chancellor Merkel: hard times ahead. Photo: regierungonline

Greek finances and British budgets

This week, we look at press comment on Germany’s response to the financial crisis in Greece, and find out what issue has been strangely absent in the British election campaign.

Frage, Thema

Wahlkampf

Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's new leader. Photo: JDP

Elections and finance

This week, we look at press comment on elections in Japan, the growth of corporations and Britain's financial sector.

Screwed up?

President Bill Clinton could never have used “I screwed up” when he was talking about his “sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky. Why not? And why can President Obama say it now?

Mist bauen; screw auch: bumsen

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