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...Value of Britain's Samuel Johnson Award for nonfiction writing, which this year counts among its finalists the anonymous Iraqi woman behind the blog Baghdad Burning $1,000 An average Iraqi's annual income...
...SENTENCED. RACHID RAMDA, 36, to 10 years in prison for aiding the Algerian terrorists behind a 1995 bombing campaign of the Paris subway and other targets that left eight dead and over 150 injured; in Paris. Algerian-born Ramda, who was extradited from Britain in December, was convicted of financing and providing logistical support to Algeria's Armed Islamic Group. He will now face murder charges for his role in the attacks. If found guilty, Ramda could be sentenced to life in jail...
...credible Iraqi "national unity" government, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made little secret of Washington's preference for the position of prime minister. When Rice and her traveling partner, British foreign minister Jack Straw, met with acting Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, whom the U.S. and Great Britain have quietly been lobbying against, the tone was undeniably frosty. At one point during the day, Rice took a thinly veiled swipe at Jaafari, remarking that a future prime minister ?has to be able to form a government of national unity. And thus far, Jaafari has not been able to do that...
...During a marathon day of meetings, Rice made no secret of her exasperation that factional and sectarian disputes have left the government in limbo three and a half months after the December 15 elections. ?I was very direct that the United States and indeed Great Britain and a number of others, but most especially the United States and Great Britain, have put a lot of treasure - and I mean human treasure - on the line to try to give Iraq an opportunity for a democratic government,? Rice said. ?I said that we were very proud of what they had achieved...
...That may well be true, but the continued pressure from U.S. and Great Britain could easily be construed as meddling, which could undermine the very democratic system they are trying to promote. Mahmoud Ottman, a Kurdish member of parliament involved in the negotiations, welcomes U.S. help in moving things along but thinks media reports of the White House and State playing favorites could be ?counterproductive." ?I like the Americans asking the Iraqis to hurry up,? he told TIME. ?But to talk about who will be Prime Minister - they want this one and don?t like this...