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...they came to prominence as 13-year-old child stars in the 1962 Polish film The Two Who Stole the Moon, in which they played mischievous but endearing blond brothers. Later, in the 1980s, they joined the Solidarity movement that would trigger the overthrow of communism across Eastern Europe. They orchestrated the 1990 victory in Poland's first post-communist elections of Solidarity's most famous son, Lech Walesa, but fell out with him shortly afterward and left politics for a time...
Further pressuring cellular, new network operators who specialize in WiMax are popping up like hot spots at coffee shops. Seattle-based Clearwire is run by former cellular zealot turned WiMax guru Craig McCaw, while others include Irish Broadband in Ireland, Wimax Telecom in Eastern Europe and Unwired in Australia. "It's like a big landgrab," says Ryan Jarvis, founder and chief executive of London-based WiMax start-up Macropolitan. Fixed-line telephone and broadband providers including Softbank in Japan, and BT and Pipex in the U.K., are also getting in on the act. A wireless WiMax network could help fixed...
...Baghdad, where the ultimate fate of Iraq will be decided, the city is tearing itself in half. Sunnis in Baghdad are gathering west of the Tigris, where they're more closely connected to the Sunni territories of Anbar province. Baghdad's Shi'ites are settling on the eastern side of the river, facing the border with Iran...
...index cards containing information on Canadian history and civics. Hampel claimed to be a former lifeguard and travel consultant living in Montreal since 1999. Journalists found a website he had set up where he described his extensive travels abroad and published photos of the countries he visited, primarily in Eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia. But during a brief court appearance, Hampel displayed a decidedly low level of proficiency in French, the language of work and industry in Quebec. When the judge asked him if he spoke French, he responded "un peu" - a bit - with an accent other than English...
...China's Ambassador to India, Sun Yuxi, prompted angry rebuttals from Indian officials last week when he reiterated China's claim to the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh during a TV appearance, noting it was "Chinese territory" and that China claims the "whole of that" state, which it calls Southern Tibet. Beijing has also complained that Delhi is throwing up unfair barriers to investment by snarling Chinese companies in bureaucratic red tape, and chafed at a decision to bar a company linked to the Chinese military from taking up a lucrative air cargo contract, apparently over security concerns...