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As the U.S. economy takes hit after hit, President Obama is taking heat for his 10-day fun-in-the-sun vacation at Martha's Vineyard that began Thursday. From the left: Colbert I. King, op-ed writer for The Washington Post, observed: "Mr. President, Martha's Vineyard is the last place in the world you should visit. ... You simply don't have time to take time off from America." From the right: Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist, told the Daily Beast that Obama is "acting like the rich guys he wants to raise taxes on." From The Donald: Obama "takes more vacations than any human being...

Fuel shortage brings Zimbabwe to halt By Byron Dziva in Harare Last Updated: 2:03am BST 10/07/2007 Zimbabwe's economy was approaching paralysis yesterday as petrol stations across the country ran dry. President Robert Mugabe's regime has ordered all retailers to cut fuel prices by 60 per cent, a move that forces them to sell petrol at a loss. As a result, filling stations across the country have stopped selling altogether and petrol is only available on the black market, at five times the official price. Without fuel, the entire economy is steadily shutting down. "It is certainly making a bad situation...