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...holding the election under the current volatile conditions carries its own risks. The insurgents' aim is to depress turnout in the Sunni areas and strip the election of broad legitimacy. About 15 million Iraqis are eligible to vote on election day, according to Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission. A commission official predicts about half will actually cast a ballot. That kind of turnout would be acceptable, but analysts are worried that the new legislature won't adequately reflect Iraq's ethnic composition. The assembly will select a new Prime Minister and President but, more important, will also draw...
...Unified Assistance is much more than a charity mission. The assets dispatched by the Pentagon--103 planes and helicopters, more than two dozen Navy ships and 15,000 troops--have been indispensable in the race to deliver supplies to areas now inaccessible by land. But there's a strategic aim too: from the Commander in Chief to the service members on the ground, Americans are hopeful that the scenes of sailors distributing water and food from the backs of helicopters will offset the more familiar images of soldiers breaking down doors in Baghdad. Most of all, the military wants...
...overall aim of the project is to dramatically reduce the poverty that affects over two billion people worldwide,” said Erin Trowbridge, communications manger of the UN Millennium Project, noting that over 1.3 billion or one-sixth of the world population live in extreme poverty...
...overall aim of the project is to dramatically reduce the poverty that affects over two billion people worldwide,” said Erin Trowbridge, communications manger of the UN Millennium Project, noting that over 1.3 billion or one-sixth of the world population live in extreme poverty...
...Senior Associate Dean Richard H.K. Vietor says that despite this aim to centralize research abroad, international centers will not lose their autonomy. Their primary purpose and responsibility will remain the same—to support business school faculty conducting international research...