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...election that the coalition of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was reeling in the UIA's lead, drawing support not only from a middle class secular constituency but also from Shiites wary of giving clerics political authority. Allawi may have been helped by what appears to have been a de facto boycott by supporters of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, on whose votes the UIA may have been counting. Indeed, if the 57 percent turnout figure is accurate, then the high Kurdish turnout and the fact that there was a substantial if small vote among Sunnis would suggest that...
...More than any other league, the NFL has been able to capture that rising value while profitably using technology like the Web to reach fans in new ways. "The risks and rewards of success and failure in the football business are greater than ever," notes NFL commissioner and de facto CEO Paul Tagliabue. "So is the degree of sophistication and expertise required to manage the business." This year the NFL will bring in some $5 billion in revenues. The league won't discuss profits, but the community-owned Green Bay Packers earned $29.1 million on revenue of $179.2 million. That...
Local executives affectionately call him Sheik Mo. From the nickname, you would hardly know that he is the Crown Prince and de facto ruler of Dubai and the man who has directed the tiny emirate's transformation from an ancient Persian Gulf port into a glitzy international hub of spas and skyscrapers--and a beacon of modernity for the Arab world. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum is building the Singapore of the Middle East, a free port where business and ideas can mix. On behalf of Dubai's ruling al Maktoum clan, Sheik Mohammed, 56, has spurred growth...
Northern Michigan, Harvard’s next opponent, was knocked from the rankings by the Crimson, and is now a de facto No. 16. Should Harvard beat Northern Michigan, its next opponent might be No. 1 Minnesota in the finals of the Dodge Holiday Classic...
...open accession talks next year. Roadblocks remain: France and Austria insist the summit statement should spell out a "privileged partnership" or lesser union if Turkey fails to make adequate progress in legal and economic reforms. Tiny Cyprus threatened to veto the talks if Ankara failed to give de facto recognition to the Greek part of the island state. Turkey complains that the invitation is "discriminatory" because it makes demands not made of previous E.U. applicants. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Turkish TV last week: "If the E.U. countries don't want to see Turkey among them...