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Oil prices will stay at current high levels for the rest of this year due to speculation and geopolitical tensions, Algerian state media on Monday reported OPEC President Chakib Khelil as saying. Prices could retreat in 2009 with a recovery of the U.S. dollar in foreign exchange markets following the election of a new U.S. president, and as fundamentals reassert themselves as major market forces, he was reported as saying by government newspaper El Moudjahid and state news agency APS. "Just like the current surge in oil markets, the (world economic) crisis, will last until the end of the year,"...

It seems the more time passes since the events of 9/11, the more complacent Americans become, and the more they believe the threat of terrorism really isn’t as bad as they once thought. What is Al Qaeda waiting for? Have they lost their will, or are the security measures implemented by the Bush Administration succeeded in preventing other attacks? The Democrats would like you to think we are as bad off as before 9/11 because they have absolutely no record of achievement in this arena. So how do you measure success against an enemy that does not wear a uniform...