Not only are ill-governed countries more prone to war, but war tends to destroy much of what is left of the state.

ECONOMIST: Good news from Sudan and Senegal; disappointment in Uganda

The shining jewel of the Adriatic, Dubrovnik, is for many reasons one of the most popular destinations: its gorgeous cliff-top setting, its history as a rival city-state to Venice and its honey-coloured roofs (or what was left after shelling in the Bosnian War).

BBC: Living in: Croatia

Bush also made comparisons between "how we left" the Vietnam War and what might happen if the United States were to pull out of Iraq.

CNN: NIE: Intelligence community has tepid faith in Iraqi leaders

After the second world war the great violins gravitated towards rich Americans who bought up what was left at fire-sale prices.

ECONOMIST: The highly strung market for violins

Apple has topped them all, and the other manufacturers are going to have to start offering higher specs in storage or run the risk of being left behind in what is the next step in a specification war.

FORBES: Apple's 128GB iPad Just Gave Every Android Tablet Manufacturer A Headache

Close to 100, 000 flights were cancelled and millions of passengers were left stranded in what was the biggest disruption to air travel since World War II.

CNN: Iceland bouncing back on tourism boom

What Clinton and his confreres have left unsettled is just how they intend to fight this war to the finish--and that, more than any photo-op cheeriness, will determine what kind of alliance 21st century NATO will turn out to be.

CNN: IT'S FLIGHT OR FIGHT

His personal study, which was designed to house a 17-by-28-foot Persian rug from the late 1800s, is filled from floor to ceiling with valuables, ranging from gilded fore-edge books to war memorabilia, a brandy bottle left in his guest house by Kennedy Onassis, and even what he says is Sitting Bull's pipe.

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