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...Shiite, and also to the small Turkoman population of the north. They have tried to persuade the Kurds to let questions such as the status of Kirkuk be resolved in a democratic parliament rather than in back-room talks, but until now the Kurds have driven a hard bargain...
...look like a local, right?), and sit down at one of the six two-person tables. But be sure to come back when you have time to linger—the extensive salad listings, with toppings ranging from roast chicken with piri piri sauce to codfish croquettes, are a bargain at about $8 a piece and deserve to be savored...
...Kurdish List, which won 75 seats, is the most attractive coalition partner by measure of political arithmetic, although the Kurds intend to drive a hard bargain: They want their leader, Jalal Talabani, to be president; they want guarantees of a secular state; they want a federal constitution that accepts their de facto independence in the Kurdish provinces in the north; and they want those provinces expanded to include the oil-rich - and fiercely contested - city of Kirkuk. It remains to be seen how, and how much of the Kurdish agenda the Shiites can accommodate. But the incentive...
...land of the free was supposed to guarantee the freedom to organize. The National Labor Relations Act, enacted in 1935, states that all American workers are protected in their right to “bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.” Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains the same guarantee: “Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions...
...midpoint of the Ivy schedule, the Crimson will need some help to catch first-place Dartmouth, still undefeated in conference play. Harvard hopes to hold up its end of the bargain on a road trip to Columbia and Cornell next weekend...