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...their medieval trappings, these two sources of Islamic fervor now vying for possession of the newly transmuted Arab-Israeli dispute confirm the Bush Administration's view that, after a holiday from history in the 1990s, the global ideological struggles of the 20th century have been rejoined with a change only in the cast. In place of the ersatz Western religions of fascism and communism, radical Islam, bastard child of a real and great religion, has arisen. Led by two rival Vaticans, one in Tehran and the other cavebound on the Afghan-Pakistani border, it raises the banner of a militant...
...Landis put synthetic testosterone into his body? He has denied using any illegal substances. One possibility is that there was an error in the testing. That will be known when the French national antidoping laboratory in Chatenay-Malabry examines a second, B sample, to confirm its initial findings. If the B sample matches the A sample, Landis could lose his Tour title. Landis has promised to fight any adverse findings and would likely appeal them to the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
...official in Baghdad was unable to confirm that such a letter had been received by the White House, but didn't rule it out, saying, "there are a variety of channels through which [insurgents] reach out." However, he added, "considering the source, I don't think such a letter would have been given much credence...
...exactly what was the cost of it, and access to his supplier versus your own effort, or streamlining your process and organizing a better job between purchasing and engineering? And frankly it's irrelevant. What is important is to deliver the result... And that's what we need to confirm in the talks with the managers of General Motors, that there are a lot of areas where we can, Renault and Nissan, benefit a lot from collaboration, enhancing the Renault and Nissan performance and hopefully, enhancing also the General Motors performance. But this is up to General Motors...
...domestic front, Chen's efforts to govern and reform have often been blocked by the opposition-controlled legislature. It has yet to confirm his nominees for president and vice-president of the Control Yuan, Taiwan's highest watchdog body, even though the posts have been vacant for more than a year. It has opposed the creation of an ethics and anticorruption bureau, a bill that would force political parties to be more transparent about their assets, and changes in the judiciary that would make the courts more efficient...