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Mohammad Yasin Khan started to suspect there was a problem when the industrial park?on the edge of Suva, Fiji's capital?began to smell like a latrine. A warehouse had been set up there to manufacture plastic furniture. But Khan, who runs a hardware store on the same block, said the factory workers seemed paranoid, avoiding conversation and reinforcing the doors and windows with metal bars. And the smell from a nearby culvert was foul. "We thought maybe it was something from the shop," he says. "The smell of the drain, it was like urine...
...full extent of the stampede out of Iraq can be measured in yards, in the line that stretches down the block outside Baghdad's passport office. In Saddam Hussein's time, many professional Iraqis were restricted from traveling abroad. Now the crowd begins to gather at about 6 a.m., three hours before the office opens. By 3 p.m. one recent Tuesday, immigration officials had run out of the 1,800 travel documents they issue each day. The number of applicants is likely to soar during the next few weeks when new graduates rush to leave. "I guess that...
...million. Boto said its manufacturing operations had peaked and the sale was a good deal for shareholders. Angry minority shareholders said they were being shortchanged and criticized the sale as an effort to benefit insiders. Led by shareholder and Hong Kong stock-market watchdog David Webb, they tried to block the restructuring, but narrowly lost a vote. "Christmas is canceled," Webb lamented. That left Kao's animation unit as the core of the company. "What do these guys know about the animation business?" Webb asked...
...skyline and become an icon of the British capital. Affectionately dubbed "the Gherkin," the skyscraper is a hit with everyone from architects to heritage lovers to ordinary Londoners, while its environmentally smart design takes advantage of natural light and ventilation, using just half the energy of a typical office block. Designed by Sir Norman Foster for global reinsurers Swiss Re, the building's elegant outline has reassured locals that architecture can be both attractive and high-rise, even in a city that, as late as the 1960s, prohibited the construction of buildings taller than St. Paul's Cathedral. In fact...
...against the Bulldogs, the Crimson didn’t crack down the stretch. Six threes by junior guard Kevin Rogus kept Harvard alive in the waning minutes, and a crucial block by Beal iced the game. With the loss, Yale’s hopes of competing for an Ivy title were dashed. The Crimson would down Cornell in the same manner one week later, ending the Big Red’s title hopes as well...