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...observers is simply that it is of the utmost importance that Sunnis are included in any new government that wants to have a chance of success. Gross under representation within the new parliament would further alienate the Sunni population and would likely contribute to the threat of civil war. For that reason, they must be encouraged or cajoled to participate...
...take the lead in drafting the University’s new initiative on women. Faust, a historian renowned for her work on the role of women in the 19th-century American South, then scrapped her plans to teach an undergraduate spring semester course, “History 1643: Civil War and Reconstruction...
...website proudly touts photos of female posteriors shot by cam phones in malls and parking lots. As long as photos are not taken up someone's skirt without her knowledge, they are legal. "It's not particularly tasteful," says attorney Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil-liberties group, "but people need to be aware that whatever you do in a public space can be recorded." Ladies, watch your back. --By Carolina A. Miranda
APPOINTED. FRANK HSIEH, 58, Kaohsiung's Mayor, as Taiwan's new Premier, following the resignation of former Premier Yu Shyi-kun and his cabinet; in Taipei. A one-time civil-rights lawyer who previously served as chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, Hsieh is known as a moderate who could help smooth rocky relations with Taiwan's opposition majority...
...Chinachem Group, with forging her husband's will; in Hong Kong. Famous for her eccentric attire and hairstyles, Wang took control of her husband Teddy Wang's multibillion dollar company and estate after he was kidnapped in 1990 (and declared dead nine years later). In a lurid 172-day civil case brought by her father-in-law in 2001, a court ruled that the will she based her claim on was in fact a fake. Wang, who maintains her innocence, could lose her claim to her husband's estate and company...