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...Kurds, meanwhile, represent a second, but equally uncomfortable headache for Bremer. They're openly resistant to reincorporating the de facto state they created in northern Iraq under the umbrella of the no-fly zone into a wider Iraq in which they're a minority; instead they want to expand it to take in the northern oil towns of Mosul and Kirkuk and expel the Arab population settled there by Saddam Hussein over the past two decades. A Kurdish statelet in the north is anathema to the Shiites and Sunni, and Turkey - which regards Kurdish self-determination as a mortal threat...
...outsourcing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions have boomed, from $89 million in 1999 to $229 million three years later. D'Souza, 35, built that growth as head of operations in North America and Europe for the New Jersey--based company. Now he's COO. His plan: court European clients and expand in India, where the company is building a facility for 6,500 software pros. Next up: China, where Cognizant won its first client last year...
...News Corp., turned its first profit last year, thanks largely to revenue from selling ads and content in India. Guthrie, 38, who took Star Group's helm in November after heading regional distribution and business development, aims to continue that momentum. In China, she's seeking to expand channel distribution and break even by 2005. Guthrie will also guide the launch of a pay-TV service in India later this year...
...Expand Medicare into a single payer plan that would cover everyone. Then allow Medicare to negotiate with the drug companies. Glen Jones Liberty Lake, Wash...
Indeed, while progress is made to expand the government’s control, we can only hope that the dialogue produced by such a forward-looking document does not give way to traditional pressure when Afghanistan is called upon to choose a judiciary. A legal system filled with conservative judges intent on curbing individual freedom and exerting the influence of Islamic law would cripple Afghanistan’s early efforts at a pluralistic and democratic society...