Analysts say the country now has a weak caretaker government and that a new cabinet will be formed only after general elections scheduled for May.
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Obama's seeming contrition before an avalanche of vicious attacks on the U.S. will simply discourage democratic allies and reconfirm the views of the autocrats that he maybeweak and perhaps feckless.
It has also focused attention on how some international cruise companies operate, registering their ships in countries where there maybeweak regulations or where international rules are poorly enforced, but at the same time headquartering their companies in the United States and Europe.