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...that without unified support from the opposition, a boycott by Sharif's party would have been meaningless. On Sunday, Sharif acceded to that reality. He said that he has decided to fight the system from within: "We came to the realization that we must participate in the elections to block Mr. Musharraf's unconstitutional actions...
...from the other participants, Washington urged SWFs to make public their annual reports, to offer detailed descriptions of their investment philosophies, and to provide assurances that good returns - and not murky foreign-policy objectives - are what's driving them. In other words, it wants the new kids on the block to be more like Norway. Oslo's Government Pension Fund - International, which invests up to 60% of its $353 billion under management in equities, has money in 3,500 companies around the world, including stakes in Google and General Electric. But it owns no more than 1.5% in any single...
...bench that she wouldn’t leave for over 12 minutes of game time.Against Providence’s athletic front line, the Crimson missed Rollins’ physical defense down low. Friar forwards moved through the lane unchallenged, and, unlike their Harvard counterparts, finished their shots on the block and at the line.But the Crimson refused to single out any one aspect of the second-half collapse.“I didn’t feel like we were in a good flow at any point, and it was a fight all the way in the second half...
...When you get the shots you want on the block and the uncontested easy shots and you don’t put them in it takes its toll and it took...
...18th century house on the Rue de Moussy whose modest moniker belies the fact that it's a trio of 1,000-sq.-ft. (100 sq m) apartments. The hotel, nestled in the heart of the lively Marais district, is one of several buildings comprising almost an entire block owned by Tunisian-born fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa - encompassing the designer's own residence, studio, ready-to-wear store and offices - which manager Patrice Brunel describes as "like an Alaïa town...