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...Control of the security forces, meanwhile, remains effectively in the hands of the U.S. military, despite being formally answerable to the interim government. Washington retains no formal or open political role in Iraq, and the U.S. embassy there routinely insists, when asked by journalists, that it has no hand in the political process. That remains a wise posture, given the implacable hostility of both the Shiite and Sunni leadership to American tutelage. But given the depth of U.S. investment in lives and treasure in Iraq, it is widely assumed among Iraqis that the U.S. will seek to ensure the most...
...binding statement. In most legislative assemblies, votes that bring down the government are typically those that defeat budgets or other bills essential to the functioning of society, since there is true meaning, and risk, in halting the operation of government. In this case, the Faculty—with no formal authority over Summers’ job security—had no other option but to fire off a loud cannon shot, in one direction or the other (it’s hard to tell which one). In the same way, it will be impossible to tell exactly how the GSAS...
Tsang will serve as Chief Executive until July 10, when formal elections will determine who serves the remaining two years of Chee-Hwa’s 10-year term...
...injured 11 people, boosting fears of renewed bloodshed as Syrian troops start to withdraw. The Ties That Bind CHINA Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian condemned as a "law of aggression" Beijing's new antisecession legislation, which permits the use of "nonpeaceful means" against Taiwan if the island moves toward formal independence from the mainland. MEANWHILE IN FRANCE... A Piste of One's Own Lee Kun-hee, chairman of South Korean electronics giant Samsung, has avoided colliding with other skiers on his winter vacation in Courchevel by reserving three beginners' slopes for private use - at a cost...
...large part of the problem is cultural. The rules that govern behavior on the Net were set by computer hackers who largely eschew formal rules. Instead, most computer wizards subscribe to a sort of anarchistic ethic, stated most succinctly in Steven Levy's Hackers. Among its tenets...