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...fend off lower-cost rivals. Jordan has positioned itself a regional center for medical services. Singapore is making a play for biotechnology. Of course, there is always a risk in spending massive amounts of focus and money on one sector since so many factors have to align for economic development to work. "Is Singapore really where the top scientists in the world want to be working?" asks Carana Corp.'s Tugendhat. "Just because you build a great campus doesn't mean they're going to come...
...party. Previously, Bhutto had been in negotiations with Musharraf about possible power-sharing arrangements. In addition to suspending the Supreme Court, jailing judges, and putting off steps toward a new election, Musharraf has silenced private media. If Musharraf has any twinge of desire for redeeming himself, he needs to align his actions with his rhetoric. Silencing and detaining opposition is not the way to avoid being subject to terrorism—it is a step toward terrorism. Musharraf should end emergency rule immediately, reinstate the judiciary, and hold elections as soon as possible in the new year as originally promised...
...coalition partners in the Left Front, spearheaded by the Communists, who reject the deal as giving too much leverage to the U.S. The alliance between Singh's centrist Congress Party and the Left Front has always been fragile, bridging differences on issues ranging from India's geopolitical alignment to the licensing of supermarket chains. And to the leftists, the idea of signing a landmark pact that would align India with the U.S. "imperialists" and require annual certification of India's good standing by the White House, was grounds for divorce...
...dared voice it. But as more and more Republicans retire or become engulfed by scandal, it has become irresistibly imaginable: the idea that Democrats might gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate after the 2008 elections. "It's a very remote chance and every star would have to align correctly," Schumer, who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, told TIME. "But it's way too early to make predictions...
...lives with his mother and a cat and does not have his own bank account. Lech, who is married with a grown daughter, has said that his ambition as President is merely "to reach the end of my term, in good health." In a devoutly Catholic country, the twins align their policies with those of the Catholic Church, opposing gay marriage and abortion, and promoting family values. But the centerpiece of the PIS program over the past two years has been a campaign to root out the vestiges of communist officialdom, notably from Poland's military intelligence and foreign service...