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...felt at least a dozen other explosions in Iraq to some degree. Most often a blast somewhere in Baghdad echoes in the city as I sit in my bedroom/office, and it feels like a single beat from a bass drum at a rock concert. Sometimes the bombs are nearer, though. The one near the bureau the other day was close enough to feel in my jaw. There was the sound of the blast, the shake of the windows and the instinctive clamping of my mouth, which for a moment felt as though it were twisted shut with the sharp turn...
...Swiftly moving from underdog to favorite in just six years, the AKP has become the party to beat. But its rise, supporters say, has bred misunderstanding. The party appeared on the scene in 2001 as a grassroots movement, going door to door to introduce itself to people individually. But Eksioglu's small army of volunteers in Kadikoy has stopped canvassing like this, he says, because the atmosphere has become too tense. That doesn't mean they're no longer active in the neighborhood, however. Indeed, the party recently opened a branch office in Kadikoy - its bright orange-and-blue party...
...Besides, the DPJ fails to beat the LDP at the polls with depressing regularity. "[DPJ leader Ichiro] Ozawa has been singularly good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," says Richard Katz, editor of the Oriental Economist newsletter. Though the DPJ has gained a slight edge on the LDP since the pension scandal broke, its own approval ratings rarely break 25%, and most Japanese say they're simply fed up with both parties. Even if the DPJ does manage to seize the Upper House-Ozawa has promised to resign if his party falters-they'll be faced with...
...have learned something from the holy wars of recent years. "Maybe we're getting back to where people can be who they are," she says. "If faith is an element of who you legitimately, authentically are, great. But don't make it up, don't use it, don't beat people over the head with...
Dear Customer: You're fired. Beat it. Scram. GFY. We're way too big for your two-bit account, especially since you never stop complaining about...