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...Sanjaya phenomenon, while amusing, highlights the biggest challenge to reality shows that depend on a public vote for show outcome. It's not a singing contest, or even a popularity contest; it's become a race to see who can make the biggest spectacle. In that context, Sanjaya has the advantage...
...Still, some canny drivers have stayed off the roads altogether, preferring to take a few days off over the hassle of trying to get cash out of the government. The result has been chaos for the tens of thousands in the capital area who depend on public transportation to get to work or school. Taxis have doubled their prices, and the roads around Rawalpindi and Islamabad are full of resigned commuters trudging to their destinations on foot...
...outcome of the standoff may well depend on the strategic calculations of the Iranian leadership. Seizing the British troops a day before the U.N. Security Council voted on sanctions against Iran over the nuclear standoff was widely interpreted as Iran sending a none-too-subtle reminder of its capacity for disruption at the epicenter for the global oil economy. Oil markets certainly took the hint, with prices scooting up to their highest this year on Friday following news of the Iranian action...
...saluted the "the kindness, charity and humanity France has traditionally offered immigrants." He added, "Some in France want that to change, but I come to Montfort today thank its people for demonstrating how that tradition remains alive." The fate of the 23 Malians arrested in the town, however, may depend on whether the French electorate agrees...
...recurs and spreads after treatment is two to three years, but "there's a huge lack of statistics in this circumstance," says Russell, who chairs the breast cancer advisory committee for the American Cancer Society. For a patient like Edwards, who is 57, the response to renewed treatment will depend on the specific and unknown genetic makeup of her cancer cells. Says Russell: "It's a total crapshoot." (See portraits of breast cancer survivors...