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...oust a sitting leader makes many Taiwan citizens uneasy. But the pressure on Chen is mounting. Shih Ming-teh, a former DPP chairman, has raised more than $3 million to fund a series of mass protests in front of the Presidential Building starting Sept. 9. If the demonstrations gain momentum, Chen may start to ask himself some difficult questions...
...ordinary Kurds. "I cannot speak on [t.a.k.'s] behalf," he says. "But I do believe that if Turkey takes some steps to address the Kurdish issue, they would stop these attacks." Maybe. But Turkey has already taken some steps to improve Kurdish rights as part of its efforts to gain entry to the European Union. And while such changes as legalizing Kurdish language broadcasting are widely viewed as falling short of Kurdish aspirations, the p.k.k. and t.a.k.'s campaigns are not likely to spur Turkey's political leaders in Ankara to work harder on Kurds' behalf. By sparking resurgent calls...
Worse, by breaking up Iraq, the U.S. had unwittingly handed a belated victory in the earlier Iran-Iraq war to the fundamentalist regime in Tehran. No state stood to gain more from democracy in Iraq, since the country's Shi'ite majority felt close ties of kinship to Iran. And no state in the region was more explicitly committed to the destruction of America's ally Israel...
...could take five years, Krogner says, for Esprit to gain traction in the U.S. market. But he's starting to see some positive results. U.S. sales surged 83% in the first half of the 2005-06 fiscal year. "Why shouldn't we make it in America?" he asks. "It's our home." Or at least...
...shortage is enabling anyone with something black and round with a hole in the middle to supply it at an exorbitant price," says Prabhu. "People have even told us to put our tires on eBay." Prabhu won't sacrifice the company's relationship with longtime customers for short-term gain...