As Republicans prepare to assert new authority in Congress, America's overseas trading partners worry that Washington's political upheaval may pose fresh challenges to the global economy.
They provide an unprecedented insight into how Lord Goldsmith, then the attorney general, repeatedly warned the prime minister of the potential consequences of invading Iraq without fresh UN authority – much to Blair's irritation.
Documents already released by the inquiry – after Blair first gave evidence a year ago – showed how Goldsmith warned of the consequences of invading Iraq without fresh UN authority on 30 January 2003, the eve of Blair's final pre-war meeting with George Bush in Washington.
In the coastal Mexican state of Quintana Roo, where memories of the devastation caused by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 are fresh, the authorities ordered flights into Cancún stopped well before Hurricane Dean hit, to prevent tourists from arriving at the last minute.
Employed to teach English, but providing just as many lessons on challenging authority, fresh perspectives and seizing the day.
But at Dior, it was the force -- the force of youth -- that gave Mr. Slimane's suits a fresh sense of authority.
In a bid to increase reliance on local, fresh produce, local authorities would be expected to provide communities with a "range of retail opportunities" through planning policy statements.
Five cartel gunmen died in the battle, according to authorities, fresh statistics to add to the more than 100,000 Mexicans who have died in a decade of so-called drug wars.
Investors are coming knocking, boasts Ahmed Tabrizi, an advisor to the Kish authorities, fresh from a week talking to investors from Japan and China.With its spotless beaches, Kish was a playground for Iran's Shah and was later designated as one of the country's free zones in 1989.
But even her critics concede that there is no unifying rival capable of imposing authority, a fresh image or new thinking.
