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NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONES A bargain at $69, these foldable Noisebusters, with active antinoise technology, hook up to a personal stereo or an in-flight sound system to cut out airplane drone and annoying conversations...
...Venezuelan mines create more heated debate than Las Cristinas. Rights to the mine were a Dickensian legal muddle for most of the 20th century until Chávez granted Crystallex the concession in 2002 for a bargain $15 million. But company executives cannot open Las Cristinas because, among other reasons, the Chávez government has not granted the necessary environmental permits, which, so far, have been mired in bureaucratic review. One problem may be the chronic concern, as government officials have said privately, that foreign companies like Crystallex rarely create as many jobs as promised. For now, Crystallex complains it must...
...city's heart is the Suq al-Milh, or salt market. It's a good spot for buying oasis dates or acacia honey, or watching locals bargain over khat, a narcotic leaf. If haggling in other markets has left you jaded, this one's a refreshing change of pace?no one hassles you to buy here. Locals are mostly indifferent to your presence; a few are curious...
...PLEADED GUILTY. OMRI SHARON, 41, Israeli member of parliament and son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon; to illegal campaign fund-raising; in Tel Aviv. Accepting a plea bargain, the younger Sharon admitted to falsifying corporate records, perjury and violating fund-raising laws during his father's 1999 campaign to lead Israel's right-wing Likud Party. Sharon's guilty plea means he must step down as a Likud legislator...
...Even one of his aides says Rajapakse's attitude to the Tigers is "very, very risky." His win might give their reclusive leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, an excuse to restart hostilities. Many Tigers have expressed frustration over the peace process, which they see as little more than an opportunity to bargain away the gains that years of war have brought them: a virtually separate state with its own borders, flag and national anthem. Prabhakaran's decision to enforce a boycott of the election by ethnic Tamils in the north and east, who overwhelmingly preferred opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to the hawkish...