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...reserve center with the Toronto Raptors, and Wang Zhizhi, a lithe, 7-ft. 1-in. sharpshooter with the Los Angeles Clippers. Another player, a rail-thin center named Xue Yuyang, 20, was chosen in the second round in June's NBA draft, but Beijing--rankled by his decision to enter the draft without official permission--has refused to let him test his mettle in America. So instead NBA scouts and agents are focusing on the crop of younger players, ranging from Tang Zhengdong, 19, a bruising 7-footer with an uncharacteristic taste for rough play, to prodigy Chen Jianghua...
...cooperating with coalition forces and threatened them with dire consequences. But it is astonishing that the attackers were able to penetrate into the police HQ. The compound, in the shadow of the giant Interior Ministry building, is heavily guarded by U.S. soldiers as well as local policemen. To enter the compound, the car would have had to pass through at least three checkpoints in less than 300 yards. "Only somebody with the right papers could have made it through the guards," says Jabbar. Brigadier Munem Abdul Khalek, a senior officer at the scene, said it was too early...
Companies from Amazon to Microsoft are mulling plans to enter the business. The reason: Jupiter Research estimates that revenue from online music will zoom from $80 million this year to $1.5 billion in 2008. That's just a sliver of today's $12 billion CD market, but it's a real business...
Though iPods are still the gold standard for MP3 players, at nearly 6 oz. they can be a chore to jog with. Flash memory players are often smaller, but they can hold only a fraction of the 10-GB iPod's 2,500 song capacity. Enter the Rio Nitrus Mini Jukebox ($299), a 1.5-GB MP3 player with a slim profile that can still hold 400 titles. Nitrus gets 16 hours of battery life--twice the iPod's--and the included Sennheiser earbuds give great sound...
...Muslims continue to prefer education in madrasahs, schools that emphasize Islamic orientation. They do not inculcate national values. A direct impact of undereducation is poverty among the majority of these people. It is therefore incumbent upon all Muslims to enter the mainstream and overcome their biases. This would trigger better employment opportunities. Sadly, Indian society is getting more polarized each day. Ullal V. Nayak Bangalore, India...