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...than elected by Iraqis themselves. But even though former members of the IGC play a dominant role in the new governing arrangement, there remains a crucial difference: the new Interim Government has a limited mandate - it is not empowered to enact or change basic laws, and it's primary function is to facilitate and organize elections to choose its successor within six months. And it is the promise of imminent elections to replace it, rather than the makeup of the Interim Government itself, that has earned the process the consent of the spiritual leadership of Iraq's Shiite majority...
TIME: Let's look at your "de-Baathification" policy. There seems to have been a rollback on that in recent months. Was that a function of having a short deadline, and needing to speed up the transition...
...million. LG has the electronics world bracketed. At the commodity end, low-cost plants in China make the firm a power in developing markets. At the big-bucks, high-tech end, LG's home in broadband-rich South Korea has fostered a focus at LG on design and function that fits perfectly into the emerging digital home. Last year LG was the world's largest seller of mobile phones operating on the CDMA standard (a type of mobile-phone technology). It makes dazzling flat-screen televisions and other leading-edge gadgets. LG.Philips LCD, a joint venture formed in 1999 with...
While two heads may be better than one in solving a problem, two languages may be better in staving off age-related mental decline. Researchers compared monolingual to bilingual adults in a test of cognitive function, and bilingualism seemed to offer a protective benefit. Bear in mind that those bilinguals have used two languages daily since they were children; researchers believe it is the lifelong experience of managing two languages that counts...
...million. LG has the electronics world bracketed. At the commodity end, low-cost plants in China make the firm a power in developing markets. At the big-bucks, high-tech end, LG's home in broadband-rich South Korea has fostered a focus at LG on design and function that capitalizes on the digital home. Last year LG was the world's largest seller of mobile phones operating on the CDMA standard, which allows more people to use a network at the same time. It makes dazzling flat-screen TVs and other leading-edge gadgets. LG.Philips LCD, a joint venture...