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...Naypyidaw, a city that was constructed out of jungle in 2005 to replace Rangoon as the national capital, the military leaders have virtually barricaded themselves from their subjects. While ordinary Burmese get ever poorer because of the junta's economic mismanagement, the generals live in swanky mansions and drive fancy cars. The government has signed lucrative gas-pipeline and timber deals with other nations, but little of the money trickles down to ordinary people. The steep fuel hikes in August only heightened the economic disparity, as some formerly white-collar workers could no longer afford to take...
...company has yet to release a name for the car. "We should remove this perception of something that's going to be a dinky car," says Ravi Kant, managing director of Tata Motors. "It's a regular, wholesome car that will be a joy to drive, and of course it will have very good fuel efficiency." Will that be enough to convince India's aspiring classes? Tata expects at the outset to sell 20,000 of these cars a month in India, in part because consumers will see them as safer than motorbikes on the country's chaotic roads...
...campaign had netted $385 million by the end of the fiscal year and should easily achieve the $400 million goal by the June 2008 close of the fund drive, according to the University’s statement...
...school’s capital campaign draws to a close, President Drew G. Faust suggested that a University-wide fundraising drive may be farther away than previously supposed...
...could "significantly" reduce the aircraft's anticipated role in Iraq. V-22s built before 2005, the report said, are fully ready to fly only 35% of the time, while newer models, like those in Iraq, are 62% ready. But "sustained high-tempo operations in [Iraq]," the memo warns, could drive down the readiness rates for the newer...