Stuff like this also worries proponents of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, with the group's new obsession with online commerce and information technology.

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This year, there's been a run on college coaches like Oregon's Chip Kelly (headed to the Eagles) that reflects the league's new obsession with football on Saturdays.

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In Kuwait, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he hoped Israel's new leadership would "have an obsession with peace... which is the guarantee of Israel's security, " AFP quoted him saying.

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