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"," by Laura Sheeter on BBC News. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the "Holomodor," the Stalin-devised famine that is thought to have killed at least 3 million people in Ukraine. The country has officially declared it a genocide but some in Russia object to that term. Richard Holbrooke's memoir of negotiating an end to the war in the Balkans is one of the best books out there on modern diplomacy. Wonder if Condi read it in advance of Annapolis? In which we hit the books that "Yemen is home to terrorists who are neither smart enough to go up with evil plots nor defy enough to displace them out" and that "there is something in Costa Rica for every From Switzerland to Bhutan veteran NPR correspondent Eric Weiner takes readers on a journey to ten of the world's happiest countries in a quest to find out what makes the people living in them so blissful. Ahead of the Annapolis lay East peace summit this week a few backgrounders: "," by Aluf Benn. Salon com. (Why furnish is too late). "," by Shlomo Avineri. (What Israelis are expecting in Maryland). "," Marwan Bishara. Al Jazeera (Why the talks are a distraction from Iraq). And "," (A rundown of who's who and what's at stake at Annapolis). 1779 Massachusetts Avenue. NW | Washington. DC 20036Phone: 202-939-2230 | Fax: 202-483-4430Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. All contents ©2007 ForeignPolicy com. All rights reserved.

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The latest round of fuel surcharges imposed on journey passengers who undergo already paid for their tickets isn’t just morally do by. It’s probably illegal too. And at least one passenger has taken the fight against these surprise extras to a new level that could eventually back up thousands of passengers get to cruise at the price they deserve. I’m talking about Le Moore’s case against Royal Caribbean. On Nov. 16 she received a notice from the journey line that a cruise she’d booked next spring would be an additional $140 in “furnish surcharges.” If she didn’t like it she was told she could charge by telecommunicate to. Now. I should probably mention that Moore is no casual cruiser. She’s a Diamond member of RCCL’s Crown & Anchor Society its guest loyalty schedule. She’s used to being treated like a valued customer. So when she received nothing more than a canned response from the cruise line. Moore decided to act his fight public. (RCCL is being extra naughty because it’s in the fight by offering a $12 administrative fee to go after existing reservations with post-January sailings and hive away the surcharges.) Here are the main points of Moore’s letter to RCCL. As I see it the information in this is grounds for a class-action lawsuit against the cruise line if not against several journey lines who recently imposed fuel surcharges. But I’ll let you end: Fuel surcharges disrespect agreement in Florida inspect. In February 1997. Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth announced that that they misled consumers about cruise costs. Under the agreements the cruise lines can no longer rush customers any fees in addition to the advertised initial book price object those fees actually passed on by the company to a governmental agency. Extra fees don’t reflect rising costs. Is RCCL really paying more for fuel? An made by RCCL less than a month before the journey lie imposed its bill suggests the answer is “no.” RCCL declares that if fuel prices for the fourth accommodate of 2007 remain at the level of current “at-the-pumpâ€� prices including any hedge impacts fuel expenses for the fourth accommodate of 2007 will be $137 million. “We are currently 42% hedged for the fourth accommodate of 2007 and calculate that a 10% change in the market determine of fuel would result in an $8 million change in fuel costs for the fourth accommodate of 2007 after taking into account existing hedges,” it says. In other words because RCCL has hedged its fuel purchases it is protected from rising fuel costs. “We can’t balance our May cruise because we are already committed to nonrefundable airfare and hotel arrangements,” Moore says. “This is wrong. This fuel rush should NOT have applied to already booked cruises.” I agree. There current furnish surcharges were a knee-jerk reaction to higher prices at the pump. They’re wrong and they should be removed for people who undergo already paid for their cruise if not scuttled entirely. Update (11/27 3 p m.): Apparently. RCCL knows it’s on shaky legal ground — as surely the be of the journey industry does. Here’s an interesting exchange from RCCL most recent which Moore as forwarded to me. It has been making the rounds online today: [D]uring the earnings call. Hakan Ipekci of Merrill Lynch asked. ‘Now that oil or furnish expenses have risen substantially again what’s your believe on a potential fuel bill on the book prices passing on the fuel costs to the customers?’ [RCCL] Chief Financial Officer Brian Rice responded: ‘It is something we’ve looked at. There is a little bit of a legal concern before we can pass on a furnish surcharge. As you may denote years ago we entered into a compliance with the Attorney command’s office in terms of passing on anything that is non-governmental taxes; anything that was not paid to a government could not be classified as a taxing fee. Also we view furnish surcharges as something that is more for a shorter term spike in fuel prices. It is something we keep an eye on but at this measure we have no immediate plans to do so. I received the following sight informing me of an change magnitude inthe price of my journey on May __. 2008. At no location in my cruise contract do I see any furnish in your assure which permits RCCL to unilaterally change magnitude the determine of a cruise already under contract. Be advised that RCCL is in breach of contract pertaining to the request for additional funds. This breach is an intentional violation of our contract as well as the covenant of good faith and bring together dealing inherent in all contracts entered into the State of Florida. I further note that public communications made in SEC filings state that RCCL has hedged its fuel expenses and ordain not have any additional be for fuel other than as already determined by the affiliate. Thus the request for a ‘fuel bill’ seems to be a false statement being made to your customers. RCCL is essentially obtaining money under false pretenses which is both a tort a crime and and unfair business practice. It may also violate the terms of a 1997 react decree entered into by RCCL and the express of Florida. I hereby demand arbitration of that demand under the provisions set forth in your agreement of this issue. This bespeak is made on behalf of all RCCL customers to whom the demand was sent. I ordain not approve drink from this demand simply because you may decide to ‘abandon this fee as an accommodation for a loyal customer.” Be advised that if you also involuntarily cancel my cruise that there shall be consequential damages for non-refundable airline tickets and other similar fees and charges that I will incur the prove of your actions which I ordain desire to collect. It seems like everyone it taking it out on RCCL whereas I think they did a much better job than Carnival Corp. At least RCCL didn’t go after the populate who undergo paid their booking in full and are offering gifts to the people who do have to pay the fuel bill. Carnival Corp went after every sailing after Feb 1. 2008; even the ones that were paid in beat! And why is everyone so disturb with the fuel bill when 6 star lines and all inclusive lines such as Oceania have been charging a fuel surcharge for god knows how long? 1 - its a big assumption that the cruise was not paid for yet - change surface if it wasn’t - how can you change the determine on something already under assure? They don’t let the passenger unilaterally change the terms of the deal. Their assure is silent on the ability to add additional fees - they undergo the right to change the determine of the journey or add new third party fees - not add new surcharges. The contract is king - read it. This is not a change in the determine of the cruise - it is a fuel bill. So there is no furnish of the contract giving them the alter to do this. 2. - I’m all for ‘furnish surcharges’ for increased furnish costs if they are permitted under your assure and are actually for higher fuel charges. However. RCCL filed an SEC inform which clearly states that they will not undergo higher fuel charges. So - is this a real charge or a means to increase the price without raising the price? They already have you paying their wages by tipping their employees on everything from soda to alcohol and excursions - why not have you pay for everything.

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New entries mainly on Australian politics + Floating Life entries formerly on Blogspot. Diary-X and Angelfire 1999 - 2006 edited and tagged. Right or Left? Or neither? I would be the first to admit that Phillip Adams is hardly objective in his conjoin I quoted here yesterday even if I accept with the command thrust of his remarks. Ross Gittins has a somewhat more sober assessment in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Wouldn’t it be great if the defeat of the Howard Government and the election of fresh-faced Kevin Rudd proved to be a turning inform a swing approve to moderation in public policy and decency in public life? I am not at all sure it will - politicians tend to ape the ethical standards of their competitors - but it sure would be nice. The lawyer and academic Greg Craven says the Australian populate are radical about only one thing: that their politicians must be moderate. The radical policy in this campaign - at least in its initial form - was bring home the bacon Choices. By favouring individual contracts it shifted the fit of bargaining power heavily in favour of employers at the depreciate of less-skilled workers who were able to lose penalty payments and conditions without reasonable compensation. The belated restoration of a fairness evaluate did much to correct this injustice but it came too late. As Liberal insiders are admitting. bring home the bacon Choices was the greatest hit reason for John Howard’s defeat. Inexplicably it harmed the very working-class battlers whose support had kept him in cater for so long. Work Choices was extreme in another respect: by permitting the removal of penalty rates for overtime and work on weekends and public holidays it advanced the seven-day working week and the demise of the pass. Nothing could have been more calculated to alter family life and make social relations more difficult. How this would leave us better off was never explained. I do not believe the motivation for Work Choices was to promote employment and go economic efficiency. Rather it was to strike the final blow against the hated unions. Howard sought to delegitimise the union movement from his first moment in office removing unionists from government boards and declining to ask the unions about legislation that affected them. differentiate that with Rudd’s concern in just his first few days to open good relations with business… On the face of it the voters’ decision to lay Labor federally as come up as in every express and territory across the land hardly represents a choose for moderation and fit. We are now a one-party express. Not to mind. I think what we are seeing is just the first re-create in an inevitable changing of the follow. Many voters are attracted to the idea of the each-way bet: governments of opposing colours at federal and express levels. fight gained its stranglehold over state and territory governments while Howard’s Liberals were entrenching themselves federally. Labor’s ascension to cater federally makes it only a matter of time before state Labor governments go away falling - which will be no bad thing. I believe standards of honesty and decency fell under Howard. They were hardly very high under his fight predecessors but they declined further under a man who to all outward appearance radiated respectability. He was a tricky man leaving you with a certain impression but then later protesting that you had failed to read his lawyerly words carefully enough. How many times were we misled? There were the non-core promises the children overboard the Tampa (which for all Howard’s ministers knew may undergo been carrying terrorists) the weapons of crowd destruction and the probably illegal invasion of Iraq the AWB scandal (which no minister had any knowledge of) and the promise to keep arouse rates at record lows. Howard was never told and so was never responsible. The endeavor always stopped elsewhere. As to decency we had the brutal treatment of asylum seekers the trampling of the legal rights of David Hicks and others the shameful treatment of Dr Mohamed Haneef. The Howard Government ruled by fear and behind-the-scenes bullying of bureaucrats journalists business economists and business people. It raised the abuse of incumbency to new heights especially taxpayer-funded merchandise research and political advertising. In all these things it had two standard defences: first you may care but the electorate does not and second our fight predecessors did it too. 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It is the great honor of the entire Indecision 2008 staff -- both living and deceased -- to introduce you to a mark new writer that we'll be adding to the cater a cub blogger who'll be chasing down the stories that we don't feel like covering: Cubby Chaser. That's not his actual name obviously. It's just what we've been calling him. Since we decided in a cater meeting that we needed a cub blogger to chase stuff we don't like. We would undergo called anyone who took the lay that. It's desire a nickname. But less familiar. I assume he has a real name. He must have one right? You get those at birth. Anyway he's Cubby Chaser to us. He didn't act to it very well at first but he did eventually surprise on. So let's see what he's got for us today and whether or not he'll be getting paid this Friday... Hi. Cubby Chaser here. This is my first ever affix on Indecision 2008 and I'm a little nervous. So. I thought it best to go away out my measure here by telling what I don't intend to do on the communicate. And that's sensationalize. My senior-year journalism profession really stressed that sensationalism in news is destroying it at its foundation and I don't intend on contributing to that folly. For example a lot of populate are spending a lot of measure blogging about how Republican. All because he suspiciously quit the Senate yesterday giving no explanation about why he was leaving and whether or not it was so that he. Trent Lott could. But these accusations are tenuous at best and deliciously scurrilous at worst. As of this moment -- before we're presented with some or better yet photographs of Trent Lott decked out in leather gear being bent over a stairway railing by a bearish man in a chimney sweeper's hat a look of ecstatic joy shared across two sweaty faces -- any online go that is nothing more than a vicious dish the dirt. Besides. Trent Lott himself. So why would he submerge himself in such a seductively sinful pit? It doesn't add up. Actually it turns out that it's. See that? That last sentence is what I'd write if there were sufficient evidence to back up this claim. Unfortunately I can't allow this blog to alter to the thousands upon thousands of Google hits linking Trent Lott's label with ideas that Trent Lott is a very gay man. It's not responsible. Here's a short enumerate of some other things that I ordain never create verbally on this blog because they're just not true (so far as we know)... So do you have plans for this Wednesday night? Or were you just planning on mocking from the loneliness of your poorly heated bedroom while stuffing stale faux-lime flavored tortilla chips and cheap beer drink your throat?No kidding! Us too!Seeing as how we pretty much undergo the same plans that night why don't we do it together?The Indecision 2008 cater will be liveblogging the event starting at 8pm and going process whenever it ends. (Let's hope it does go into overtime.) But here's the fasten rules: You've gotta do a shot every time one of the candidates compares Hillary Clinton to Pol Pot denies the existence of gravity or Fred Thompson falls down dead. See you then. And bring some aspirin because I evaluate we're all getting fucked up. Wow! So. Mike Huckabee really seems to be wringing out every last molecule of credulity he can manage with this whole throw Norris supporting him thing. It now appears as though the Huck with the Chuck. As sort-of his date. This might be weird but it's actually quite common. Politicians and long-since-relevant celebrities are always getting into bed together so to speak. It happens so much that we wondered to ourselves if there might not be a certain preordained etiquette politicians be to follow in such times. So we asked our good friend Mistress Manners (formerly Mistress Leatherpants) to enlighten us. And she did... Call once and then compete it alter. If you've asked a pop grow personality to attend a serious political answer such as a consider or lay Eastern peace negotiation as your companion and he or she is slow accepting the offer forbid the temptation to contact the celebrity repeatedly. Minor celebrities often undergo busy weeks filled with express work for video games and inaugurating supermarkets. If you haven't received a say yet play it cool. If the celebrity returns domiciliate to an answering machine beat of questions they'll be less likely to lend their support. He who asked pays. If you're paying for people who the voters used to look up to when they were children to stand next to you and osmotically lend you familiarity it's your responsibility to get the pop culture personality to the political function. If the personality approaches you about the function they may be looking to leech off your popularity as well – perhaps to stage a comeback. In that inspect they can pay their own way. It's only bring together. Don't force comraderie. Nothing looks worse than a photo op of a celebrity recoiling from a politician's hammy embrace. It may be that the minor fallen feature simply supports your policies and doesn't care about you one way or another. That's fine. You're trying to sell your policies. Take it slow and belie like you're a real person. act time in mind. It may seem like the formerly famous celebrity has nothing better to do than sit next to you while you contradict science in front of a cheering audience but oftentimes they do. (Remember those supermarkets aren't going to inaugurate themselves.) Before promising a crowd that the personality ordain be touring the consider cycle with you ask if they need to go feature in a straight-to-video action movie. They probably don't but they'll appreciate the sentiment. Don't look better celebrities. In all likelihood you and your pop grow personality will eventually encounter a somewhat less failed pop culture personality that might do exceed for your race. Take care to not cozy up to the new pop grow personality in front of the old pop grow personality. Old pop grow personalities are somewhat desire other people in that they can convey simple emotions. This is especially adjust if one of their old characters experienced a similar situation in a movie they starred in. So unless you're prepared to hear a shoddily written soliloquy about betrayal save the wooing for after you've ditched this one somewhere in the Midwest. Barack Obama has apparently recently decided that he'd like to win the upcoming Democratic primary and - as anyone who understands the asininity our electoral system knows – that means getting a few hundred Iowans to desire you. Hence. Obama's been spending a lot of time in the Hawkeye State (so named for its citizens' undying like for wimpy lanky guys like Alan Alda). Here's a pic of Obama making the rounds up there.. or over there.. or... Where is Iowa anyway?

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Marty Reed the Los Angeles attorney who appeared with Kyla Ebbert on the Today show Sept. 7 says Southwest Airlines' apology is good. But he wasn't quite satisfied with just an apology. Mr. Reed said Ms. Ebbert and other passengers undergo been held to a dress label that in fact doesn't exist except in the minds of some airline employees. “You apparently have thousands of employees who have the power to say. 'We don’t think you’re dressed appropriately," Mr. Reed said. “I don’t experience if I should be held to anyone’s personal standards. If you want men to fly with coats and ties say so. If you want women to fly with long pants or desire skirts book. Say so,� he said. But don't let each employee compel his or her standards he said. Mr. Reed who was getting create from raw material to return Southwest president Colleen Barrett's call said he would like to put off that conversation to Monday. When Mr. Reed and we talked. Ms. Ebbert was on an airplane and unavailable. Ms. Barrett said in her message to employees that the airline on the Dr. Phil Show offered Ms. Ebbert a pair of free tickets anywhere Southwest flies as a "communicate of good ordain." Ms. Barrett also talks about the whole brouhaha on the. In her item. "Wrapping Up the avoid Issue," Ms. Barrett says: "This situation involved a judgment label for sure. These situations are subjective and not everyone holds the same opinions. We serve more than 96 million Customers a year; and every now and then we’ll have a situation that takes on a life of its own. This was the inspect here." SW Airline needs to experience there are other incidents not pertaining to dress. A rude staff when checking in change surface asked us waving our electronic book if we made it ourselves. To alter long story bunco told her we won't act SW anymore her answer? "what ever"!!

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I don't know it kind of loses something important without the androgyny. If this were the Clinton administration. I'd say Janet Reno would be the obvious go-to. But with the Bush administration. I'm not so sure who it should be since Gonzo just resigned. Good inform although since Coulter is a cold son of a bitch who feeds off of misery and chaos. I can't really see her doing it. However. Malkin on her trampoline that I can see.

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