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...First, a valve linked to unit 2 of the plant, 80 km southeast of Athens, was found to be leaking. Technicians repaired it within a few hours, but then found that one of three transmission pipes feeding water into the station's boilers was steaming up and ready to burst. Its automatic shutdown system kicked in, causing all four units of the power station to halt. That took about 1,200 MW from the country's grid and brought electrical reserves to a dangerously low level. Before the station could come back online, tens of thousands of Greek households, suffering...
...urging sectarian violence to rebellion, riot and noncompliance. As for Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shi'ite firebrand who whipped up mayhem in the sect's holy cities after his newspaper was shut down at the end of March, al-Rubaie brushes him aside. "This is a bubble that will burst, and we will see it go away," he says. Al-Sadr has indicated he plans to form a political party to compete in coming Iraqi elections. Meanwhile he is keeping up the heat and late last week preached a sermon urging his followers to continue their resistance against U.S. troops...
Shoemaker, who swims for the Crimson women’s swimming and diving team, has burst onto the national triathlon circuit, propelling herself from novice to international competitor in just over a year thanks to a second-place finish at the USA Triathlon National Collegiate Championships in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. on April...
...finished 10% up in record trading. Yukos' share price rose again Friday by almost 4%. Putin was careful to stress that he was expressing his own feelings and the courts were, of course, independent. The market, however, clearly feels that the President gets what he wants. Despite this brief burst of optimism, Yukos may still be doomed. Its founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a top shareholder, Platon Lebedev, are on trial for fraud and tax evasion. Yukos has been hit with a demand for $3.4 billion in back taxes. The stock surge won't alter the trial's outcome. One Khodorkovsky...
...visited every one of the company's 139 plants, met more than 250,000 employees, spent 4,000 hours talking to them and "enjoyed every whizzing minute of it." He polished his delivery, the intimate confiding tone, the air of sincerity, the wry chuckle, the well-timed burst of fervor...