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...early September, so clients know today exactly what they will pay next year without the fear of exchange fluctuations," says Sarah-Leigh Shenton, marketing manager for British-based Sanctuary Villas and Apartments, www.sanctuary-villas.com. The firm priced its products in dollars for the first time this year. "This helps drive early bookings for us, while offering savings of at least 15% for clients," Shenton says...
...free-trade zone at Port Klang, not far from Kuala Lumpur. The latest official figures show that the project has ballooned to about $1.4 billion, more than double what was projected in 1999. Critics contend that graft has plagued the project, undercutting Abdullah's much-vaunted anticorruption drive. "Thus far, Abdullah's promises to curb corruption remain just that: promises," says Ramasamy Palanisamy, a former professor of politics at the National University of Malaysia. At the same time, the PM, who once earned plaudits for cutting back Mahathir's excesses, has signed off on several megaprojects, including a reinstatement...
Power was briefly moved to tears as she recalled her first meeting with Halberstam, whom she said she had idolized. She added a word about how the author used his persona to drive his mission...
...once spitting in an opponent's face), was arrested in 2005 for threatening with a gun a group of people he accused of stealing his all-terrain vehicle. He later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges. Shortly after the altercation, Taylor's SUV was sprayed by bullets in a drive-by shooting, although no one was injured...
...attacks - and propose measures to address the complaints of discrimination and socio-economic disenfranchisement at the heart of anger in the projects. The government is also set to reveal what it has called a "Marshall Plan" for French projects - a name frequently used to describe the new housing drive rolled out by the previous administration, which itself was one of a long line of mostly futile schemes rolled out since 1977 to improve banlieue life...