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...turnout among Iraqi exiles may be explained by other factors. As few as 10 percent of Iraqis living in the U.S. are expected to vote, and the worldwide total among exiles may not exceed 25 percent in the 14 countries where voting has been arranged. Analysts blame the logistical difficulties of registering and voting, and mixed feelings among exiles about the poll...
...will loosening them make things worse? The Labour government says a "minority" of drinkers are causing the mayhem, and staggered closing hours will reduce the number of people - and brawls - on the streets. The British Beer and Pub Association, the trade group representing nearly 40,000 British bars, also blames a "minority" and says varied hours will help. "The information we've had from our members would seem to support the idea that we'd have reduced numbers of people on the street at the same time," says spokeswoman Christine Milburn. She adds that police should crack down on rowdy...
DIED. ROSE MARY WOODS, 87, doggedly loyal secretary to President Richard Nixon who famously took part of the blame for an 181/2-min. gap in a tape recording of a conversation between Nixon and his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, made three days after the Watergate break-in; in Alliance, Ohio. Woods said that while transcribing the June 20, 1972, recording--which was considered critical because it might have shown that Nixon knew in advance about the break-in and was involved in a coverup--she could have erased part of the tape by accidentally hitting the erase key while reaching...
What caused the outburst of meteorological fury? This time not much of the blame goes to the usual suspect, El Ni??o, which has produced only a slight warming of the tropical Pacific since August. A more significant culprit, say meteorologists, is a less well-known phenomenon called the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), named after the pair of scientists--Roland Madden and Paul Julian--who discovered it in 1971. The MJO is a globe-girdling disturbance that sweeps across equatorial waters at intervals of 30 to 60 days. Under its influence, says climatologist Wayne Higgins of the National Oceanic...
...increasingly angry and desperate populace. "I really think it reflects the popular mood," says Jasper Becker, author of a forthcoming book titled Rogue State: The Continuing Threat of North Korea. "There is a persistent pattern of people trying to voice their hatred of Kim Jong Il and blame him for the disasters that have overtaken the country." Those voices may be getting louder, but it's not clear that Bush?already entangled in Iraq?will be inclined to listen...