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...Baghdadi, a previously unknown figure. The objective, says the official, is to put an Iraqi face on the jihad. "He's savvy enough to realize he's a foreigner in Iraq," he says. Last week's video bore the council's name, Shura al-Mujahedin, although the black flag of al-Zarqawi's group, al-Qaeda in Iraq, was occasionally visible...
...Most of Hada's countrymen seem to share his optimism. While he is speaking, young men holding red and white flags - the flag of the Nepali Congress, one of the leading political parties of the country - jump in to a pickup truck, and shout: "Long live democracy!" In a little while, they will join the drive towards Kathmandu, like several thousands of people who are pouring into the capital to celebrate their victory over the King. The roads towards Kathmandu, just a day ago deserted due to the curfew, are now jammed with noisy pickup trucks, buses, and cars draped...
...believe him. Bricks, iron rods, and stones started flying towards the second floor of the building, which houses a coaching center called "Bright Future Institute"; women began shrieking from inside. The windows were smashed, one by one. The owner came up on the roof and flew a red flag to show that he too is a sympathizer of the movement. Even so, the bricks kept flying...
...there's any Chinese who feels a warm glow inside when he sees an American flag fluttering in the breeze, it's Zhan Bingkui. As foreign-trade manager of the Shanghai Flag and Tent Factory, the chain-smoking 50-year-old sells tens of thousands of flags to America each year. With his livelihood at stake, Zhan is keenly aware of the state of relations between the two countries. In the past few years, he says, Chinese attitudes toward America have improved significantly: "China is more open now and is more friendly to the U.S." Still, the relationship remains complicated...
...Premier Wu Yi toured the U.S., signing no less than $16 billion in contracts with American behemoths like Microsoft and Boeing. But the extent of the change in China's sense of itself is equally evident among ordinary folk. A few blocks from Shanghai's Bund, a huge American flag dominates the entrance to an outlet selling the 100%-polyester products of the Shanghai Flag and Tent Factory. In the dim interior, soft-spoken salesman Zhang Xinwei says he admires the U.S.'s economic might and its innovative corporations, remarking: "I don't understand why Americans are scared of China...