8-19-08—From the Caspian Sea to South America, Western oil companies are being squeezed out of resource-rich provinces. NYT A1
--Secretary of Stte Condoleezza Rice said Monday that the US would not push for Georgia to be allowed into NATO at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, a tacit admission that America and its European allies lack the stomach for a military fight with Russia ... THE US, bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan, has little appetite for an armed confrontation with Russia ... as demonstrated by the swiftness with which the Bush administration ruled out a military response to the Georgia-Russia fighting. NYT A10
--In China, Jocks don’t rule school; but the smart kids, they’re cool. WSJ , A10
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