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...finger of blame pointed to the Mahdi Army. After al-Hashimi had fulminated about the slaughter of his fellow Sunnis, I asked whether the murdering militiamen might have been seeking revenge for the previous week's bombing of the market in Sadr City. Al-Hashimi's response was to claim that militiamen had planted the bomb, deliberately killing their fellow Shi'ites in order to justify revenge killings of Sunnis. "They were able to attack Sunni mosques within an hour of the market bomb," he said. "This has to have been premeditated...
...contrary to what some people might claim, the political intrigue that led to Yanukovych's reemergence is as much a part of democracy as fair elections, or for that matter, separation of powers. In the March parliamentary elections, Yanukovych?s PR won 32% of the vote fair and square. The Orange forces, badly split since Tymoshenko lost her Premiership last September in a feud with the OU, tried to re-build their winning coalition, along with the Socialst party, but Tymoshenko?s categorical condition was the Premiership...
...stores claim that the laws drive up the costs of doing business in the city, and ultimately deprive residents of services, low prices and jobs. There also is the race factor. In Chicago, like in many big cities, the most overlooked neighborhoods are often predominantly black. Wal-Mart has sought to score points and profits in the black community, but on its own terms - the company made a hard sell to black neighborhoods in Chicago and Los Angeles, where residents are desperate for big stores. Earlier this year, the company announced its ?Jobs and Opportunity Zone Initiative,? a campaign...
...fictional customer because each report is a function of both the genetic and the lifestyle information provided. Change half the function, she says, and you?re bound to get a different result. And although she concedes that nutrigenomics is a young field, she disagrees vehemently with the GAO?s claim that her company cannot back up its reports with sound science. "Can we tell you that in 30 years you won't get heart disease?" asks Gill-Garrison. "No we cannot say that. But we are not predicting risk, and we're not diagnosing disease...
...good (HDL) and bad (LDL) cholesterol in healthy balance. Ditto for other genetic markers. Sciona, says Gill-Garrison, makes sure that each nugget of advice it offers is built on a firm scientific foundation. And a bibliography on the company?s web site, she says, backs up that claim...