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...even hoping to cherry-pick allies from within the improbably broad Shiite coalition. The goal would be to use the provisions of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) governing the process to parlay a minority share of the vote into a leading role in government. That's because the TAL, drawn up by U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, essentially requires the support of two thirds of the National Assembly for a new government. The process begins with the Assembly choosing, by two thirds majority, a president and two vice presidents, a troika that must unanimously agree on a prime minister...
...Istanbul, "Turks" illustrates how successive groups learned from the cultures they encountered and sometimes conquered. It's a tale of assimilation and adaptation in the exotic landscapes crossed by the Silk Road, the ancient network of trade routes between Asia and Europe. Although the exhibition has been drawn together from collections in 11 countries, most of the more than 370 items on display are usually found in Istanbul, in the Topkapi Palace Museum and the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art. Many are appearing for the first time outside Turkey, including a set of drawings commonly attributed to "Mohammad...
...Musharraf can ill afford a drawn-out guerrilla war in Baluchistan. His armies are already tied down with guarding the India-Pakistan border, while another 70,000 troops are combing the mountains along the Afghan border for al-Qaeda fighters. Yet the government needs to pacify the Baluch warriors. It has plans to expand gas exploration, allow a pipeline to run across Baluchistan from Iran to India, and, with Chinese help, it is building a multimillion dollar port at Gwadar?all of which incenses the Baluch tribesmen who are worried that, once again, they will...
Harvard has drawn plenty of fire from all sides in recent debates concerning anti-Semitism, but last year, the shots came from an unlikely source: two prominent philanthropic foundations that give the University millions of dollars in grants each year...
More recently, Summers has drawn fire from faculty over comments denouncing the divestment from Israel movement as anti-Semitic...